The Institute for Regional Conservation recently held an ecological restoration event at Atlantic Dunes Park in Delray Beach, which focused on coastal conservation education and invasive plant removal. With funding and support from the city of Delray
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PBSO honor — The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office honored resident Ellen Barnes as its Star of the Month for her “selfless commitment to improve the community” by consistently picking up trash along the beach. Sept. 1 marked four years that PBSO ha
By Rich Pollack
Elaine Prentice knew she had to do something.
A condo manager with a green thumb and an eye for natural esthetics, Prentice had seen pictures and heard how Hurricane Nicole battered the beaches near Vero Beach in November, gobbling th
By Joe Capozzi
The second half of the town’s dune restoration project has been postponed until 2024 because of damage from Hurricane Nicole.
“We are basically out of luck for anything for dune restoration for another whole year and let’s hope we don
By Mary Thurwachter
The dune restoration project scheduled to begin on Feb. 28 has been delayed until later this year. Lantana Town Manager Brian Raducci said in a news release that “there is insufficient dry beach width at Lantana’s Municipal Beach”
By Joe Capozzi
Town officials hope to finalize an interlocal agreement with Palm Beach and Lantana to start a beach and dune restoration along the South Palm Beach shoreline in February.
All beaches in South Palm Beach abut private land, so the town
On Nov. 8, Lantana’s public beach was scoured by a heavy storm. This shows the beach south of the Imperial House. Jerry Lower/The Coastal Star
By Mary Thurwachter
Lantana’s public beach is sand-starved, and a plan spearheaded by the town of Palm Bea
By Dan Moffett
It took plenty of hard work and some last-minute scrambling, but South Palm Beach saw its beach project completed on budget and on time during the first week in May, avoiding interference with the height of turtle nesting season.
“We p
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The Institute for Regional Conservation, a nonprofit dedicated to the protection, restoration and long-term management of ecological diversity, held a coastal dune restoration event at Oceanfront Park in Boynton Beach as part of its Re
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Members of the Ocean Ridge Garden Club, including (l-r) Val Coz, Stella Kolb and Allison Adams, plant dune sunflowers in part of a dune plot that the Garden Club has maintained for the past decade and is turning into a demonstration pr
