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Shoreline Stabilization for Erosion Control
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Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is developing a Shoreline Stabilization for Erosion Control plan and Environmental Assessment to analyze various alternatives to protect park resources and critical infrastructure along one mile of shoreline.
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site comprises 355 acres on the north end of Roanoke Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This national park unit was established in 1941 to preserve known portions of England's first New World settlements from 1584 to 1590 including the first colony to the Americas. Combatting erosion along Fort Raleigh's shoreline has been a management concern since the park's creation. Jetties, a breakwater of sandbags, and granite block revetments have all been constructed over the years to try to control erosion to protect the park's cultural resources. Despite these efforts, erosion continues to threaten resources and is accelerated by storm events and sea level rise.
Approximately 1 mile of Fort Raleigh shoreline remains unprotected. Without action, the erosion will continue to result in loss of park land and threaten potential archaeologically significant sites and park facilities. Erosion may compromise the effectiveness of the existing revetments, as flanking has already begun. This would seriously jeopardize the Lost Colony Waterside Theater facilities and historic Dough Cemetery. The park is developing an environmental assessment to analyze alternatives for shoreline protection and to choose a preferred alternative based on environmental impacts to the historic site's natural and cultural resources.
Deputy Chief of Cultural Resources
252-475-9021
Fort Raleigh National Historic Site comprises 355 acres on the north end of Roanoke Island in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. This national park unit was established in 1941 to preserve known portions of England's first New World settlements from 1584 to 1590 including the first colony to the Americas. Combatting erosion along Fort Raleigh's shoreline has been a management concern since the park's creation. Jetties, a breakwater of sandbags, and granite block revetments have all been constructed over the years to try to control erosion to protect the park's cultural resources. Despite these efforts, erosion continues to threaten resources and is accelerated by storm events and sea level rise.
Approximately 1 mile of Fort Raleigh shoreline remains unprotected. Without action, the erosion will continue to result in loss of park land and threaten potential archaeologically significant sites and park facilities. Erosion may compromise the effectiveness of the existing revetments, as flanking has already begun. This would seriously jeopardize the Lost Colony Waterside Theater facilities and historic Dough Cemetery. The park is developing an environmental assessment to analyze alternatives for shoreline protection and to choose a preferred alternative based on environmental impacts to the historic site's natural and cultural resources.
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Jami LanierDeputy Chief of Cultural Resources
252-475-9021