Hudson River Sustainable Shorelines

Case Study Coxsackie Boat Launch

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Top
Level
Top
Upper
Upper

Mid
Mid

Lower
Lower
Total

Scientific
Platanus occidentalis
Scientific
Platanus occidentalis
Cephalanthus
occidentalis
Cornus amomum
Cephalanthus
occidentalis
Scirpus
atrovirens
Cornus amomum
Scirpus
cyperinus
Scirpus atrovirens
Scirpus cyperinus
Cephalanthus
occidentalis
Cornus amomum
Cephalanthus
occidentalis
Scirpus
cyperinus
Cornus amomum
Scirpus
atrovirens
Scirpus cyperinus
Scirpus cyperinus
atrovirens
Scirpus atrovirens
Scirpus cyperinus
Pontederia
cordata
Scirpus atrovirens
Pontederia cordata

Common
Sycamore
Common
Sycamore
Buttonbush
Silky Dogwood
Buttonbush
Green
Bulrush
Silky Dogwood
Woolgrass
Green Bulrush
Woolgrass
Buttonbush
Silky Dogwood
Buttonbush
Woolgrass
Silky Dogwood
Green
Bulrush
Woolgrass
Green Bulrush
Woolgrass
Green Bulrush
Woolgrass
Pickerelweed
Green Bulrush
Pickerelweed

Platanus occidentalis
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Platanus
occidentalis
Cornus
amomum
Cephalanthus occidentalis
Schoenoplectus
pungens
Cornus amomumtabernaemontani
Schoenoplectus
Schoenoplectus
pungens
Pontederia
cordata
Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani
Pontederia cordata

Sycamore
Buttonbush
Sycamore
Silky
Dogwood
Buttonbush
Woolgrass
Silky Dogwood
Green
Bulrush
Woolgrass
Pickerelweed
Green Bulrush
Pickerelweed

Size

Quantity
4-6'

Size
4-6'
18-24"
18-24"
18-24"
2"
18-24"
2"
2"
2"
18-24"
18-24"
18-24"
2"
18-24"
2"
2"
2"
2"
2"
2"
2"

3
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
5
3
3
3
15
3
15
15
15
30
30
30
50
30
169
50
169

4-6'
18-24"
4-6'
18-24"
18-24"
2"
18-24"
2"
2"
2"
2"
2"

3
8
3
8
8
50
8
50
50
50
50
50

Total

Totals
Totals

3
Quantity

Average High Tide

Planting Areas

Rock sill

Rock Armoring

Forensic Analysis Results

Stevens Institute Engineering Study

Submerged during major storms - limited

damage

Ice/debris and possibly wakes play a significant

role at the site

Implications of contractor modified stone size

from the design

Current lack of maintenance may be

contributing to project degradation

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Functional Analysis
What is the status of the erosion at the site?

How is the project performing ecologically?

How does this project compare to nearby hard
shoreline techniques?
Alternative view of maintenance implications

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Site Erosion
Erosion due mostly to
non-overtopping events

Lots Of Vegetation
=
No Erosion
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Ecological Performance

Shallow Slope,
No Major Voids,
+ Vegetation
=
Connectivity

Spaced
Rock Sill
=
Protection
Without
Blockage

Lots of
Submerged
Aquatic Veg.

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Proximate Hard Shoreline Comparisons

Steep Entry,
Hardened
Shore,
No Sill
=
No Vegetation

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Steep Slope,
Large Rock,
No Soil
=
No Vegetation,
No Connectivity

Proximate Hard Shoreline Comparisons

Less
Vegetation
=
Lee Side
Erosion?

Vertical Face
=
No Vegetation

Overtopped
=
Limited
Connectivity

Outline of
Submerged
Rock Wall

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Maintenance
Trees and Shrubs
Planted

Trees and Shrubs

Removed

Negative
Maintenance?
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NO MAINTENANCE!

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Hudson River Sustainable Shorelines

Case Study Coxsackie Boat Launch

Questions?

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