This guide covers beach nourishment design, predicting future erosion, and the role of federal agencies in the process. The authors also outline the monitoring process and economic feasibility of projects.

This manual is intended to be used as guidance by NPS staff to better plan and manage beach nourishment projects when beach nourishment has been determined to be consistent with NPS Management Policies. This manual provides tools for resource managers to interface with partners that
are completing technical designs and outlines best management practices that can be utilized to avoid or minimize potential adverse impacts. 

This easy-to-read guide covers all the main elements of beach nourishment, from analyzing the site characteristics to monitoring. Included is a helpful infographic that lays out the entire spectrum of green to gray shoreline defense techniques.

Providing an overview of beaver ecology and conservation, this chapter is meant for those looking for general information about beavers. Topics covered include habitat requirements, disease, beaver–fish interactions, and the economic value of beavers.

Introduction to principles of bioretention systems (rain gardens, bioswales) and overview of design and construction. Focuses on visual indicators to assess performance and maintenance needs. Also includes visual indicators for other urban stormwater management practices, including permeable pavement and filter strips.

Identifies sagebrush restoration projects by USFWS funded through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

BOEM's Marine Minerals Program includes several tools, programs and initatives useful for coastal projects involving the use of federal sand and sediment resources. These inclide: the national offshore sand inventory, the marine minerals information system (MMIS), support for environmental studies and sediment identification for projects, mimpact investifations and resource evaluations, and inventory/identification of marine mineral resources for project use.

This site hosts program support materials for the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) program. These resources provide applicants with the necessary information to develop BRIC applications.

This guidebook is helps community members to identify staff, technical and funding resources to implement NBS to build resilience to natural hazards.

This guidebook details five strategies community leaders can use to carry out NBS projects. While it doesn't include techncial guidance, it assigns value to listed strategies and suggested next steps for each.

This document includes an actionable plan to develop a REPI (Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration Program) resilience project for military installations and project partners using nature based solutions.

This guide puts an emphasis on restoring the hydrology of the river as the key to riparian restoration. The author provides guidance for designing projects in watersheds altered by levees, dams, and logging practices.

Focused on reefs dominated by Acropora corals, this guidebook covers coral gardening and other restoration techniques. A special emphasis is given to increasing genetic diversity within coral colonies.

Spanning restoration techniques and a variety of case studies, this guide catalogs the challenges and successes of riparian restoration in the Southwest United States. By exemplifying the lessons learned from each project, the authors aggregate collective knowledge on riparian restoration.

Document that lays out steps planners have taken to manage floodplains in California’s Central Valley. This resource includes case studies on levee setback, flood management, and incorporating climate change into floodplain planning.

This guide goes through a variety of factors that need to be taken into consideration when restoring a riparian buffer, including soil quality, buffer width and streamside stabilization. The authors describe the relationship between riparian buffers and their surrounding land uses, including forestry, agriculture, and urban development.

This chapter provides in-depth specifications for deciding what tree species to plant. It does not include a species list but explains what to look for at the site to determine what species to consider.

The EPA's Clearinghouse for Environmental Finance offers a trio of catalogues of funding and finance resources and programs for Air, Water and Land improvement. Each clearinghouse includes a navigable directory of resources, and an interactive map that lets users choose their state, tribal land or territory to see what resources/funding programs/financing options are available in their area.

This report includes the Urban Forest Climate and Health Adaptation Menu, which presents information
and ideas for optimizing the climate and human health outcomes of urban forestry projects and provides
professionals who are working at the intersection of climate, public health, and urban forestry with resources
to support climate adaptation planning and activities. Notably, it does not provide specific recommendations or
guidance for any particular place; rather, it offers a range of action opportunities at different scales that can be

This website is organized into 10 chapters describing different elements essential for communities interested in implementing coastal and waterfront smart growth. By clicking on the individual chapters on the left side bar, you will get a description of each Coastal and Waterfront Smart Growth Element, how this relates to the Coastal and Waterfront Issues, Tools and Techniques you can use in your community, and Case Studies of successes.