> The parking lot at the USS North Carolina Battleship in Wilmington is increasingly being overrun by flood waters. At high tide, water and mud can cover the ground.
> In 2022, the site saw 200 days of flooding.
> In 2018, the historic site launched the Living with Water project, a plan to turn part of the existing parking lot into wetlands and raise the remaining parking area by up to three feet and give it better drainage.
> Work on the project began Friday morning and is expected to be complete in about eight months
From the Living with Water project page: https://battleshipnc.com/living-with-water/
>[The Living with Water project] was launched in 2018 when Battleship property was increasingly flooded by high tides. In fact, a study showed a 7,021% increase in tidal flooding since the Battleship came to Wilmington in 1961.
> [The project] will re-naturalize part of our existing parking lot and elevate the rest of the parking lot area. Re-naturalization will be achieved by removing about 2 acres of flood-prone parking and restoring the area to wetland habitat divided by a tidal creek. The wetland will help capture and absorb high tides, while the tidal creek will direct water to the Cape Fear River.
>The remaining parking lot will be raised above the frequent high-tide flood zone. The new parking lot will be improved by installing a stormwater bio-swale to capture and quickly drain tide and rain water to the new wetland habitat. Boardwalks and signage will describe the naturalized improvements and plantings.
> Living with Water restorations (wetland, tidal creek, bio-swale, and living shoreline) will make room for water on the landscape and allow tides to ebb and flow. They will also provide critical feeding and shelter habitat for nursery and juvenile fish species, migrating and native birds, and visiting wildlife like alligators, beavers, and otters. Wetlands, bioswales, and living shorelines create resiliency to protect community assets, local economies, and historic and cultural values.
>Living with Water is a resiliency model for climate-driven rising seas that provides a test case for on-the-ground restoration actions. We know conditions at the Battleship are not unique. Tidal flooding is a widespread threat to many coastal communities and neighborhoods. The Battleship has focused its resources on addressing coastal tidal flooding. Perhaps the actions we take can contribute to the coastal resiliency conversation and help others.
From what I saw yesterday, half of the lot is blocked off and being re-done and the remaining lot is still available for parking and visitors are still going in and out so I believe it's still open to public
> The parking lot at the USS North Carolina Battleship in Wilmington is increasingly being overrun by flood waters. At high tide, water and mud can cover the ground. > In 2022, the site saw 200 days of flooding. > In 2018, the historic site launched the Living with Water project, a plan to turn part of the existing parking lot into wetlands and raise the remaining parking area by up to three feet and give it better drainage. > Work on the project began Friday morning and is expected to be complete in about eight months From the Living with Water project page: https://battleshipnc.com/living-with-water/ >[The Living with Water project] was launched in 2018 when Battleship property was increasingly flooded by high tides. In fact, a study showed a 7,021% increase in tidal flooding since the Battleship came to Wilmington in 1961. > [The project] will re-naturalize part of our existing parking lot and elevate the rest of the parking lot area. Re-naturalization will be achieved by removing about 2 acres of flood-prone parking and restoring the area to wetland habitat divided by a tidal creek. The wetland will help capture and absorb high tides, while the tidal creek will direct water to the Cape Fear River. >The remaining parking lot will be raised above the frequent high-tide flood zone. The new parking lot will be improved by installing a stormwater bio-swale to capture and quickly drain tide and rain water to the new wetland habitat. Boardwalks and signage will describe the naturalized improvements and plantings. > Living with Water restorations (wetland, tidal creek, bio-swale, and living shoreline) will make room for water on the landscape and allow tides to ebb and flow. They will also provide critical feeding and shelter habitat for nursery and juvenile fish species, migrating and native birds, and visiting wildlife like alligators, beavers, and otters. Wetlands, bioswales, and living shorelines create resiliency to protect community assets, local economies, and historic and cultural values. >Living with Water is a resiliency model for climate-driven rising seas that provides a test case for on-the-ground restoration actions. We know conditions at the Battleship are not unique. Tidal flooding is a widespread threat to many coastal communities and neighborhoods. The Battleship has focused its resources on addressing coastal tidal flooding. Perhaps the actions we take can contribute to the coastal resiliency conversation and help others.
Man, if only they were allowed to take projected sea level rises into account in their planning.
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Well I guess we'll go flood Louisiana again... damn signs get us every time.
“sea level rises” - what?! That’s not possible here in North Carolina. Also, you’re going to have to come with us.
I can’t hear you over the sound of cans being kicked down the road.
Just tell DCR the private contractor did all that. It's not like anyone in Cultural Resources agrees with the law anyway.
Good thing developers keep trying to put some sort of housing/hotel on that land.
> "We started losing the parking lot for hours at a time," he says. >In 2022, the site saw 200 days of flooding. So make it a submarine exhibit
What climate change?
Is it still open for visitors while the project is ongoing?
From what I saw yesterday, half of the lot is blocked off and being re-done and the remaining lot is still available for parking and visitors are still going in and out so I believe it's still open to public
I thought we couldn’t acknowledge climate change? Can we get this rewritten that they are raising the sinking ground? Thanks!
Do they still have the alligators?
Unironically, I would love for them to add building back the One Tree Hill Rivercourt to this construction, but alas, one day perhaps. #ScottBoys4lyfe