Bringing new life to the ecosystem in Biscayne Bay
Lake Pancoast is a tidally influenced part of Biscayne Bay with no mangrove or estuarine habitat at the seawall. We were hired to design and permit the living shoreline system, which includes a mangrove planter, manatee ingress/egress points and a rip rap shoreline.
The permitting process was a huge effort as the area is within sensitive habitats, including Johnson's seagrass critical habitat and part of the Biscayne Bay Aquatic Preserve. We needed to obtain significant input from resource agencies, including Miami-Dade County Department of Environmental Resource Management (DERM), South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD), the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation (FFWCC). Our team held multiple meetings with these resource agencies and incorporated their input into our design.
Applying the team’s vast experience in South Florida’s estuarine and mangrove habitats, our final design produced a living shoreline and habitat for marine species, aiding in improving water quality within the area and directly benefitting Biscayne Bay.
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- City of Miami Beach
Nicole Carter, Principal, Business Center Practice Leader
I love helping our environmental teams support our clients with smart, resilient solutions—what we do on land will always affect the oceans.
Stephanie Crawford, Senior Environmental Scientist
My focus is on balancing infrastructure development with preserving and improving the environment.
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