The Staten Island Advance recently chronicled the construction completion celebration of the $111M Living Breakwaters project in Tottenville this past Saturday. Among the over 150 people who attended the event was CSI Professor of Earth and Environmental Science Alan Benimoff, who spoke to Advance reporter Gracelyn Santos on the importance of the project to Staten Island.

The Living Breakwaters project is designed to reduce shoreline risk, enhance local ecosystems, and foster education and stewardship, has been in the works for over ten years and is made up of a series of eight separate in-water structures spanning 2,400 linear feet off the South Shore of Staten Island.

To read the full story, visit the Staten Island Advance Website.