Coastal Hazard Resiliency & Preparation

  • Coastal Storms Awareness Program for NY Marine District | Click Here

  • East Coast Winter Storm Climatological and Forecasting Data | Click Here

  • NY Marine District Fact Sheets and Reports | Click Here


Contracting for Coastal Erosion-Related Services

  • NYSG's New York Great Lakes Shoreline Contractors | Click Here

  • Guidelines for Selecting a Marine Contractor (pdf) (4 pages) [2015]


Erosion Processes

  • Erosion Management for New York’s Great Lakes Shorelines (pdf) (16 pages) 

  • Coastal Processes and Causes of Shoreline Erosion and Accretion (pdf) (4 pages) [2015]

    • NYSG issues fact sheet on "Coastal Processes and Causes of Shoreline Erosion and Accretion," 2015 More>

  • Controlling Coastal Bluff Groundwater (pdf) (10 Pages, 11.5 Mb)

  • Effects of Erosion and Accretion on Coastal Landforms (pdf) (4 pages) [2016]

    • NYSG issues fact sheet on "Effects of Erosion and Accretion on Coastal Landforms," 2016 More>

  • A Guide to Coastal Erosion Processes (pdf) (15 pages, 7.2 Mb) 

Erosion Control: Barrier Beaches, Living Shorelines
  • Vegetation Use in Coastal Ecosystems (pdf) (32 pages, 14.4 Mb)

Erosion Control: Structures
  • Controlling Coastal Bluff Groundwater (pdf) (10 Pages, 11.5 Mb)

  • Maintaining Coastal Erosion Control Structures (pdf) (8 pages, 2.3 Mb)

  • Structural Methods for Controlling Coastal Erosion (pdf) (31 pages, 16.4 Mb)

Purchasing Shoreline Property
  • Points to Consider When Buying Shoreline Property (pdf) (5 Pages, 650 Kb)