This guide outlines a structured process to engage experts and develop timely, science-based solutions to environmental problems. The FAST process provides an iterative, weight-of-evidence approach for these experts to reach general agreement around technical recommendations.

This technical memo presents guidelines for calculating the pollutant removal rate of restored or constructed buffers established on shorelines with different soils, slopes and buffer widths. This tool can help New England communities use buffers to meet water quality standards and fulfill stormwater permitting requirements.

This document provides a permitting overview for Florida homeowners who are interested in installing a living shoreline.

This concise checklist provides an overview of useful information for Alabama homeowners interested in installing living shorelines.

This document provides permitting guidance for Alabama homeowners who are interested in installing a living shoreline.

This document provides permitting guidance for Mississippi homeowners who are interested in installing a living shoreline.

This concise checklist provides an overview of useful information for Mississippi homeowners interested in installing living shorelines.

This two-part document is a guide for Florida homeowners considering installing a living shoreline on their property who believe their project is exempt from state and federal permits.

This "edutainment" packet, developed by a 2016 Science Transfer team, is an outreach tool that describes threats to water quality along the Mississippi-Alabama coastline and helps end users understand how they can they can take actionable steps to improve local water quality.