A public/private partnership is brewing in Bavon that could result in the preservation of shoreline for residents and habitat for the endangered Northeastern Beach Tiger Beetle.
Mike Drummond and Tylan Dean of the Gloucester office of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have been working with residents of Bavon Beach, located at the lower end of Mathews County, to develop a plan for and to fund a series of offshore breakwaters to cut down on erosion, which threatens the homes of both humans and tiger beetles. Much of the shoreline has been lost over the past few years to hurricanes and other storms.
The partnership also includes the Army Corps of Engineers, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation, the Nature Conservancy (which owns the beach that lies between neighborhood homes and the water), and Luck Stone, a Virginia business that’s interested in shoreline preservation.
Drummond explained recently during a meeting at the ...
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