The Brooklyn Paper

Over 400 students plant beach grass to fortify Coney Island Creek shoreline from flooding

Over 400 student volunteers from across the city helped plant native beach vegetation along the dunes of Coney Island Creek Park this past planting season, part of an effort to combat flooding and ...
LAist

Beach grass could be key to protecting the Aquinnah Wampanoag homeland

On the island of Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts, members of a Native American tribes are determined to protect their ancestral home from the impacts of climate change. Their ...
East Oregonian

A new beach grass hybrid is running wild along the Pacific Northwest coast

Dune restoration projects are in play up and down the coast. CORVALLIS — Over a century ago, settlers irreversibly altered the Pacific Coast’s natural shape with the introduction of two nonnative ...
Newsday

'Devastating': Volunteers planted dune grass at Tobay Beach. Days later, it was gone

Since Cynthia Florio was a lifeguard at Tobay Beach in the 1990s, she has watched the ocean encroach on the shore and draw closer to the dunes. It's what compelled Florio, 53, of Massapequa, to take ...
NPR

Beach grass could be key to protecting the Aquinnah Wampanoag homeland

Climate change is threatening the homeland of the Aquinnah Wampanoag tribe off the coast of Massachusetts. Volunteers are planting beach grass to make it more resilient. On the island of Martha's ...
The Columbian

A nonnative beach grass hybrid is running wild along the Pacific Northwest coast

Over a century ago, settlers irreversibly altered the Pacific Coast’s natural shape with the introduction of two nonnative grass species. Now, a new hybrid is making headway, presenting challenges for ...