Assessing Coastal Vulnerabilities 

• How Coastal Erosion Works a video introduction to the basics of coastal erosion and the ways to fight against it. 
• Coastal Resilience is a web-based mapping tool designed to help communities understand their vulnerability from coastal hazards, reduce their risk and determine the value of nature-based solutions. Additional Apps can be used to assess risk, identify solutions, and measure effectiveness. 
• The U.S. Geological Survey’s Coastal Change Hazards Portal offers a Coastal Vulnerability Index that can help identify locations where coastal erosion may occur along undeveloped coastline 
• A guide for incorporating ecosystem service valuation into coastal restoration projects to improve the management and design of projects for both people and nature, and increase community support and funding for restoration projects
• Gulf Coast Living Shorelines Resource Catalogs 
• NOAA’s Digital Coast is a data-base of coastal data, tools and trainings 
• The Gulf of Mexico Open Data Platform includes a comprehensive map of priority habitats across the Gulf of Mexico
• Gulf TREE is a decision-support search engine designed to help you confidently identify the best climate tool for your needs. 
• Gulf Coast Monitoring and Assessment Portal is an inventory of Gulf Coast habitat monitoring, mapping, and water quality programs and assessments
• Southeast Conservation Blueprint Explorer is a living, spatial plan that identifies priority areas for a connected network of lands and waters.
• Climate Impacts in the Southeast

Nature-based Solutions 

• Restore America’s Estuaries’ Living Shorelines Academy 
• Using Nature to Address Flooding and Erosion: Solutions and case studies to help your community become a Naturally Resilient Community. Filter by cost, region, hazards, and more. 
• Natural and structural measures for shorelines stabilization 
• NOAA’s Understanding Living Shorelines 
• Tips for starting a Living Shoreline Project 
• Florida Living Shorelines website offers a wealth of living shoreline resources
• The Northern Gulf Sediment Availability & Allocation Program is a tool to allow planners to quickly link the construction material needs of marsh, barrier island, and beach ridge creation/restoration projects to known sediment sources
• Native Plant Solutions for Coastal Restoration Along the Gulf Coast  
• National Wildlife Federation’s Softening Our Shorelines: Policy and Practive for Living Shorelines Along the Gulf and Atlantic Coasts
• Partnership for Plastic-free Restoration of Oyster Shorelines is a network of partners working toward implementing living shoreline projects using a newly developed plastic-free material called reef prisms. 

Resources for Property Owners 

• Green Shores for Homes helps waterfront property owners restore their shorelines 
• Working with Engineers and Contractors on Shore Protection Projects