The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is primarily known for its infrastructure projects—dams, navigation locks, flood ...
From the sands of the Jersey Shore to the islands of Indonesia, strands of coconut husk are being incorporated into shoreline protection projects. Logs of coconut husk known as coir sit on the bank of ...
The project includes a nearly 400-foot rock retaining wall, more than 400 feet of coir logs to prevent erosion and planting vegetation. The town of Babylon says the project will be complete within a ...