Okaloosa County BOCC — May 6, 2014 — Longwood Park project #2

This is the shoreline farthest south of the boat ramp at Longwood Park. I would like to permit all of the shoreline south of the boat ramp, but I would start with this small section. For this year, in order to get a permit in the most timely fashion, I would just include plants (Spartina alterniflora), some contained in burlap planting blocks, and possibly a coir fiber log for a wave barrier. This picture shows a shoreline with plants planted the previous season next to freshly planted plants in the burlap bag planting blocks. The bags dissolve by the end of the growing season. By that time, the roots have taken hold, and the bags’ support is no longer needed. In these pictures, kids are at Cessna Park in Walton County, creating their planting blocks by placing their plants, along with site- appropriate sand in burlap bags. They then place the planting blocks along the shoreline under the direction of CBA staff.