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    • Our Partners
    • Technical Assistance
      • Tech Assistance Directory
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      • Construction
      • Ecological Design
      • Engineering Design
      • Stormwater Management
      • Grants & Funding
      • Hazard Preparedness
      • Monitoring
      • Outreach & Education
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      • Ecological Monitoring
      • Policy & Legal
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      • Coffee Chats
      • Full Partnership Meetings
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  • Home
  • Our Partners
  • Technical Assistance
    • Tech Assistance Directory
    • Land Use Planning
    • Construction
    • Ecological Design
    • Engineering Design
    • Stormwater Management
    • Grants & Funding
    • Hazard Preparedness
    • Monitoring
    • Outreach & Education
    • Permitting
    • Ecological Monitoring
    • Policy & Legal
  • Videos
    • Coffee Chats
    • Full Partnership Meetings
    • BULN Webinars
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Technical Assistance Directory

Ecological Design & Techniques

AMERICAN LITTORAL SOCIETY

  • Specialty service provider for nature-based services, allowing municipalities to partner with us for efficiency and lower costs.
  • Promotes the study and conservation of marine ecosystems through advocacy, conservation, and education, and empowers citizens with knowledge and tools to take ownership and become committed coastal stewards. 
  • Assistance includes: Planning, permitting, and implementation of habitat restoration projects; Technical support; Restoration oversight; Logistical planning; Design support; Ecological expert advice and guidance; EFH; Adaptive management; Monitoring plan development and implementation.

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Contact 

Tim Dillingham

Tim@littoralsociety.org

Capt. Alek Modjeski

Alek@littoralsociety.org

732-291-0055


Region(s) Served

Statewide


Resources

  • Coastal Restoration Toolkit
  • Restoring the Bayshore
  • Wreck Pond
  • Bayside Beach Club and Forked River Beach Living Shoreline Project 
  • Slade Dale Living Shoreline Project 
  • We Restore - What We Do 


BARNEGAT BAY PARTNERSHIP

  • Coastal estuarine resiliency and adaptation technical support including coastal wetlands and shorelines.

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Contact 

Martha Maxwell-Doyle

mmdoyle@ocean.edu

732-255-0472


Region(s) Served

Statewide


Resources

  • Factors Governing the Vulnerability of Coastal Marsh Platforms to Sea Level Rise
  • Preparing For Disaster: The National Estuary Program’s Role in Pre-Disaster Planning, Post-Disaster Recovery, and Hazard Mitigation


DAVEY RESOURCE GROUP

  • Environmental services with an emphasis on: Natural resources analyses; Coastal resilience planning; Forest, wetland, and stream habitat restoration; Wetland and riparian zone mitigation; Living shoreline designs; Wetlands, flood hazard area, and coastal permitting; Endangered and threatened species studies and habitat management plans; Aquatic and marine surveys; Tree surveys; Invasive species management; Stormwater management and BMP inspections; Construction monitoring and permit compliance

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Contact

Damian Holynskyj

Damian.Holynskyj@davey.com

201-259-7349


Region(s) Served

Statewide


Resources

  • Amy Greene Environmental


GREENVEST, LLC

  • Entrepreneurial, land-based, resilience and restoration practitioner focused on developing ecological assets. 
  • Delivers fixed-price, resilient, nature-based solutions through science and engineering that establishes sustainable end points to restore, maintain, and preserve ecosystem services. 
  • Leverages regulatory requirements to secure funding to complete meaningful restoration and water quality improvement projects. 
  • Elevates local communities by implementing positive and resilient environmental change that generates sustainable socio-economic benefits.

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Contact

Brian Cramer

brian@greenvestus.com

732-902-6644 x201


Region(s) Served

Statewide

 

NJ SEA GRANT CONSORTIUM

  • Affiliation of colleges, universities, and other groups dedicated to advancing knowledge and stewardship of NJ’s marine and coastal environment. 
  • Mission is to promote the wise use of NJ’s marine and coastal resources through innovative research, education, and outreach programs. 
  • Broad spectrum of specialists and extension agents to assist communities in meeting their coastal resilience goals.
  • Assistance with economic coastal resilience issues including the development of shellfish aquaculture and marine industries (marinas, bait and tackles).

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Contact

Pete Rowe

prowe@njseagrant.org


Region(s) Served

Statewide


NOAA NORTHEAST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER

  • Technical advice to communities looking to build on their resiliency efforts.

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Contact

Carl Alderson

carl.alderson@noaa.gov

732-371-0848


Region(s) Served

Statewide


Resources

  • NOAA Fisheries - Habitat Conservation
  • NFWF National Coastal Resilience Fund


NY/NJ BAYKEEPER

  • Guidance to community groups and other restoration practitioners on: Oyster reefs, aquaculture, and living shoreline project management, including planning, permitting, construction, and monitoring; Water quality monitoring; Field ecology; Project management.
  • Focus on restoration techniques unique to an urban estuary.

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Contact

Meredith Comi

meredith@nynjbaykeeper.org


Region(s) Served

Hudson-Raritan Estuary, Raritan Bay, Newark Bay, Hackensack and Passaic Rivers, Shrewsbury and Navesink Rivers, Northern NJ waters


NY-NJ HARBOR & ESTUARY PROGRAM, HUDSON RIVER FOUNDATION

  • Consultation on resiliency projects that also provide habitat or have water quality benefits. 
  • Assistance connecting to local stewardship groups.
  • Help developing projects to monitor local streams to combat flooding issues.

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Contact

Isabelle Stinnette

istinnette@hudsonriver.org


Region(s) Served

Hudson, Raritan, and Raritan Bay watersheds


PARTNERSHIP FOR THE DELAWARE ESTUARY

  • Technical advising, design, and monitoring services for nature-based approaches to shoreline stabilization and ecological enhancement, including identifying site-specific issues and trajectories and developing goal-based monitoring plans to evaluate progress towards goals.
  • Spatial and strategic planning tools to guide environmental conservation and restoration investments aimed at coastal wetlands, shellfish beds and submerged plant communities. Scientific datasets to understand where and how to promote key ecosystem services.
  • Development of ecological development plans for habitat and community mosaics.

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Contact

Joshua Moody

jmoody@delawareestuary.org

302-655-4990 x115


Region(s) Served

Delaware River and Bay; Atlantic coastal communities

Resources

  • PDE Scientific Reports
  • PDE Science and Research Programs
  • PDE WATCH Tool


RIPPLED WATERS ENGINEERING, LLC

  • Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling in support of floodplain delineation and modification requests.
  • Living shoreline design for private and public sector clients in the form of engineering analysis, design plans, permitting, and construction support.

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Contact

Mary Paist-Goldman

mary@rippledwatersllc.com

732-735-3440


Region(s) Served

Statewide


STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

  • Technical assistance on a range of coastal engineering topics including: Coastal flooding; Rip currents; Beach erosion; Living shorelines; Coastal structures; Sustainability management; Green infrastructure, and more.

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Contact

Jon Miller

jmiller@stevens.edu

201-216-8591


Region(s) Served

Statewide


Resources

  • Dune Manual
  • Living Shorelines Engineering Guidelines


STOCKTON UNIVERSITY COASTAL RESEARCH CENTER

  • Physical data collection and analysis on coastal processes to define changes over time and drivers of current issues including shoreline and inlet data (topographic & hydrographic); water quality, nuisance flood, and wave forcing instrument deployment; GIS mapping and visualization.
  • Evaluation and interpretation of data from others and over long time periods to predict outcomes of changes being observed now.
  • Identification of root causes of coastal management issues and assembling solutions.
  • Working with state and federal agencies to finalize project plans or designs for permits.

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Contact

Kim McKenna

kimberly.mckenna@stockton.edu

609-652-4245


Region(s) Served

Statewide


Resources

  • Final Report for 2020 on the Condition of the Municipal Oceanfront Beaches Bathymetry of Townsends Inlet, The Borough of Avalon, Cape May County, New Jersey
  • Final Report for 2020 on Changes to the Municipal Beaches, The Borough Of Mantoloking, Ocean County, New Jersey 


 

STOCKTON UNIVERSITY MARINE FIELD STATION

  • Located within the Mullica River/Great Bay estuary with easy access to Barnegat Bay and Atlantic City back bays. 
  • Assistance with coastal projects in southern NJ through workboats, sonar equipment, and researchers with expertise in biological and oceanographic monitoring. 
  • Areas of expertise include: Oyster and SAV restoration, Seafloor mapping, Marine debris removal; Monitoring of benthic communities, SAV, fish, water quality, and sediment transport.

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Contact

Steve Evert

steve.evert@stockton.edu

609-652-4486


Region(s) Served

Statewide


Resources

  • Stockton Marine Field Station - Research 

 

THE NATURE CONSERVANCY

  • Overview and instruction (as well as limitations) for web tools including the Living Shorelines and Marsh Explorer (see resources) that helps identify potential marsh restoration and living shoreline projects.


Contact

Bill Shadel

william.shadel@tnc.org


Region(s) Served

Statewide


Resources

· Coastal Resilience.org Decision Support Tool


THE WETLANDS INSTITUTE

  • Assistance with ecological restoration via beneficial use of sediment; especially site selection, suitable ecological restoration targets, and oversight and planning.

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Contact

Lenore Tedesco

ltedesco@wetlandsinstitute.org


Region(s) Served

Cape May, Atlantic, and Salem Counties


Resources

  • Seven Mile Island Innovation Lab


US FISH AND WIDLIFE SERVICE, COASTAL PROGRAM

  • Works with federal, state, local, and non-governmental partners to protect and restore coastal habitats. 
  • Achieves voluntary habitat conservation and restoration through technical and funding assistance. 
  • Prioritizes creating and protecting resilient coastal habitats, facilitating and implementing ecologically-responsible shoreline protection tactics, and restoring beach and marsh habitat, benefitting fish, wildlife and communities.

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Contact

Danielle McCulloch

Danielle_mcculloch@fws.gov

609-833-1120


Region(s) Served

Delaware Bay, Barnegat Bay, NJ back bays

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