This field trip was part of a Community Resilience Project Showcase leading up to the 2024 Annual SRC Workshop.

Edith Read Sanctuary Living Shoreline Field Trip

On December, 6, 2024, the Sustainable and Resilient Communities (SRC) Team hosted a field trip featuring Westchester County’s Edith Read Sanctuary living shoreline in Rye, NY. Participants got a guided tour of the recently completed living shoreline project and heard from Suzette Lopane with the Westchester County Department of Planning and Scott Williamson with the Edith Read Wildlife Sanctuary about the history of the site and how the living shoreline project came to be. Jake Dittes from Save the Sound also shared information on other living shoreline opportunities and projects in the region with the group. The tour was followed by a networking lunch and an opportunity to further explore the Sanctuary.

Special thanks to our partners: the Westchester County Department of Planning, Westchester County Department of Parks, Recreation, & Conservation/Edith G. Read Wildlife Sanctuary, Save the Sound, and Cornell Cooperative Extension of Westchester County.

Photo credits: Sara Powell