Funds will assist communities, wildlife after storms and wildfires
![Volunteers plant natural grasses safely behind a newly constructed breakwater, which is part of a living shoreline project, at Camp Wilkes in Biloxi, Mississippi. The breakwater’s role is to reduce erosion on the shoreline by decreasing the wave energy and allowing plants to grow on the shore. (Image credit: Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant) Volunteers plant natural grasses safely behind a newly constructed breakwater, which is part of a living shoreline project, at Camp Wilkes in Biloxi, Mississippi. The breakwater’s role is to reduce erosion on the shoreline by decreasing the wave energy and allowing plants to grow on the shore.](/sites/default/files/styles/landscape_width_1275/public/2022-06/PHOTO-Biloxi-Mississippi-living-shoreline-060622-NOAA-Eric-Sparks.jpg?h=527325be&itok=_TVt8kuo)
Volunteers plant natural grasses safely behind a newly constructed breakwater, which is part of a living shoreline project, at Camp Wilkes in Biloxi, Mississippi. The breakwater’s role is to reduce erosion on the shoreline by decreasing the wave energy and allowing plants to grow on the shore. (Image credit: Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant)