Left There On The Beach is a photograph by K Hines which was uploaded on September 27th, 2013.
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Left There On The Beach
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(c)2013 Left There On The Beach by K Hines
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A dead Christmas Tree left on the beach at Plum Island, Massachusetts.
Plum Island has suffered severe dune erosion over the last few years and has even lost several homes due to the erosion. Christmas trees can be used to help reestablish sand dunes in areas where the dunes have been disturbed. Properly placed trees trap windblown sand, which begins the process of dune building. The reestablished dunes are a natural way to buffer coastal resources, property and infrastructure against the forces of erosion from hurricanes and other storms.
From the Plum Island website: Plum Island is a small barrier island just off the extreme northeast coast of Massachusetts and is part of Newbury, Newburyport, Rowley, and Ipswich and is named after the hundreds of Beach Plum bushes that grow on the island. The island is separated - barely - from the mainland by the Parker River; the northern tip is at the mouth of the Merrimac River. Most of Plum Island (the southern part) is the Parker River National Wildlife Refuge, but the northern portion is densely settled with both year-round and seasonal residents. The architecture is an almost unbelievable jumble of old beach cottages, comfortable saltboxes, standard residential homes, intriguing modest little treasures, and oceanfront trophy houses.
Virtually the entire oceanfront is beautiful public beach. There are boardwalks in the Refuge that take you through the dunes and out onto the beach; these are great for sightseeing or birdwatching or just calming down.
The inland side faces spectacular tidal marshes with a continually changing population of birds ranging from plovers, redwing blackbirds and kildeer to egrets, gulls, great blue herons, and occasional snowy owls or ospreys. You can spot the marsh hawk on her low-altitude hunting trips most mornings.
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