The largest of the three sites proposed for dunes is closest to the harbor, a half-acre at the edge of the North Jetty ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Pinellas County commissioners on Monday approved a countywide ordinance banning people from disrupting sand dunes. The county believes sand dunes provide a lot of benefits.

The island is requiring height verification before trimming dune vegetation after multiple hurricanes and tropical storms in ...

Dunes protect the coast from storms, erosion, and flooding, and provide a habitat for many animals and plants. Plants help prevent sand from eroding.

This gorgeous region — unlike anywhere else in Florida ... dune lakes, a rare ecological wonder only found in one other state in the Western Hemisphere. After a day on the quartz-filled sand ...

"We also saw along a good portion the length of the beach, where beach was scoured, sort of with these short parallel ...

FGCU is conducting a study on how dunes recover after hurricanes. They are studying plant resiliency for best practices in ...

Students in Gulf Shores traded the classroom for the coast Thursday for a hands on lesson planting sea oats and grasses that ...

A unique combination of sand and snow transformed a Colorado national park into an otherworldly winter wonderland, a stunning ...

In designated sand dune areas, maintaining a healthy and robust ... quickly after storm surge," he said. Southwest Florida gets both. An unnamed storm in late August 2024 was primarily a wind ...