South Portland placed more than 200 discarded holiday trees on an eroded Maine beach after a 2022 storm; they trapped sand and vegetation began returning within months
The wider project also examined how woody debris could be used in different coastal settings. At Pemaquid Beach in Bristol, the storm had carved steep, eroded faces into the dunes. After a powerful winter storm stripped away sections of Maine’s coastline in December 2022, an unlikely form of coastal protection began taking shape on the…
