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Stopping Shoreline Erosion Without Heavy Equipment

Trent Hollis · July 15, 2026
Stopping Shoreline Erosion Without Heavy Equipment

The first time I watched a client’s dock access path crumble into a tidal creek, I was standing knee-deep in mud trying to explain why a $400 sandbag wall had failed in six months. That was 2006. I’d been contracting for four years at that point, and I thought I understood shoreline erosion. I didn’t … Read more

Categories Shoreline & Erosion Control Tags coir logs, erosion control

Coir Logs vs Riprap: What Worked on My Bank

Trent Hollis · July 5, 2026
Coir Logs vs Riprap: What Worked on My Bank

The first time I seriously compared coir logs vs riprap erosion control side by side, I was standing knee-deep in Gulf Coast mud watching a client’s bank crumble after a storm surge. He’d had riprap installed two years prior. Half of it had shifted. The underlayment was exposed. And the bank behind it had slumped … Read more

Categories Shoreline & Erosion Control Tags coir logs, erosion control
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