Working with the national EWN program, Four Coasts engaged “Proving Ground” districts as well as local partners and non-federal sponsors.

Talking with each partner district and studying their environmental, social, and infrastructural conditions, we selected key projects and sites.

The EMLab team focused primarily on the Philadelphia District (NAP), which encompasses a diverse range of ecosystems spanning upland, estuary, bay, and coast environments.

Local residents at Eastwick Community Day identified priorities for the NAP district plans to construct a levee addressing flood risks.

Input from community members was incorporated into our final levee proposal, which aimed to expand the project's social and environmental benefits.

Dredging and sediment placement concepts aimed at addressing vulnerabilities in historically ditched tidal marshes along the Muderkill River in Delaware.

A range of strategies, including shoreline protection, wetland elevation, and transitional slopes, explored current operational and ecological issues at the Cape May Ferry CDF.

Physical and computational modelling was used to general and assess strategies for mitigating storm surges at Holgate Peninsula, in New Jersey.

Experimental planting concept to increase diversity and resilience of coastal dunes along the Delaware and New Jersey coasts.