City Of Manhattan Beach: Beach Dune Restoration Project

Press release from the City of Manhattan Beach:

03/30/2022 4:43 PM

NEW Volunteer Dates Announced

Manhattan Beach Dune Restoration NEW Volunteer Dates Announced

Four years in the making, after forming solid community and agency partnerships and securing full grant funding, the Manhattan Beach Dune Restoration has started! The Bay Foundation, in partnership with the City of Manhattan Beach, L.A. County Department of Beaches and Harbors, L.A. County Fire Department – Lifeguard Division, and the California State Coastal Conservancy, has started implementation of restoring approximately 3 acres of beach dunes along the north Manhattan Beach coastline. The CA State Coastal Conservancy is fully-funding the Manhattan Dune Restoration project through the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund and California Climate Investments-cap and trade dollars at work. For more information on the project, please visit The Bay Foundation website.

Volunteer to help The Bay Foundation and project partners remove non-native iceplant and plant and seed native dune species as an approach to increase coastal resiliency.

To learn more about the project, you can contact The Bay Foundation by phone (888) 301-2527, or visit the The Santa Monica Bay Manhattan Beach Dune Restoration Project website.

This press release was produced by the City of Manhattan Beach. The views expressed here are the author’s own.