Hampton University is partnering with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to launch what officials say is one of the nation’s first college courses dedicated to living shorelines.
Students will learn how to design, permit and build a living shoreline, which uses natural materials such as marsh grass and mussels to protect land, clean water and build habitat instead of hardened bulkheads or seawalls.
The university started collaborating with the nonprofit foundation more than a decade ago, including students helping with oyster restoration and related research…