Anchoring sand dunes with native vegetation — especially American beach grass (Ammophila breviligulata), known for ... Coney Island Creek Park to talk about climate change, talk about sea level rise, ...

On the surface, the digging and planting of 12,000 dune-grass stalks executed by University ... the coast adapt to stronger storms and higher sea levels,” said Kochtitzky in the School of ...

If successful, this method may be used statewide to economically save or restore many miles of sand dunes that may be lost due to impending sea level ... rooted dune grass. However, the city ...

In Seaside Park, dune grass is planted regularly, but other native plants like rugosa rose and goldenrod also help to anchor the dunes. Public Works Director Eric Wojciechowski also uses snow ...