This technical note explores the restoration of Lightning Point, an award-winning natural infrastructure project led by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in coastal Alabama. The story of Lightning Point provides an exemplar case study of successful coordination of cross-sector partnerships and the use of ecosystem services valuation to attract project funding. Knowledge gaps surrounding natural infrastructure (NI) life cycle needs and performance thwart widespread implementation of NI in civil works projects. In particular, information about how to fund or finance the scoping, design, construction, monitoring, and adaptive management of NI projects constitutes a key need, as there is no standard process for securing funds. This technical note is part of a series documenting successful examples of funded NI projects and sharing lessons about a variety of funding and financing methods to increase the implementation of NI projects. The research effort is a collaboration between the Engineering With Nature® (EWN®) and Systems Approach to Geomorphic Engineering (SAGE) programs of the US Army Corps of Engineers (USACE).
