The Gulf of America Alliance Habitat Resources Priority Issue Team (HRT)’s Living Shorelines Focal Area was advanced to develop, promote, and evaluate best practices that allow stakeholders to implement living shorelines as an alternative to traditional shoreline protection methods.  This working session of the HRT’s Living Shorelines Assessment Focal Area Working Group will discuss how the information and findings presented during relevant sessions planned for earlier that day for the Gulf Conference apply to the Alliance’s current living shorelines goals, and how they inform the development of the Alliance HRT’s 2026-2031 expanded Restoration and Management of Priority Habitats Focal Area work plan.  The HRT encourages all conference attendees interested in Gulf shoreline and habitat restoration to attend and contribute to this conversation.