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Beach Grass Planting
Planting beach grass helps to build the dunes which in turn, creates habitat, increases coastal resiliency to storms, and is a wonderful community building event.
Help Volunteer for our Next Beach Grass Planting Event
Throughout the spring and fall the Friends of Island Beach State Park team up with many other organizations to plant dune grass in the park.
Why do we plant dune grass? Dune grass plays an important role in stabilizing the dunes during storms. Dunes are the primary defense against storms and the powerful ocean surge.
What can you do? Join us for a future planting! The next dune grass planting will be on December 1st.
Learn how to plant! Check out this informational video produced by Yonatan Gottlieb with assistance from Bianca Charbonneu.
Pictures from Previous Events
Here are photos from a recent dune grass planting. Many thanks to photographer and FOIBSP Board Member Ray Halgreen for sharing the images