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Plant Grass, Help Toms River's Dunes
The dune grass planting had been an annual event prior to Superstorm Sandy.
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The Toms River Township Department of Recreation needs you -- to help it plant dune grass.
The department will be holding a dune grass planting event Saturday and they welcome volunteers to help get the grass -- which the township will supply -- planted.
Dune grass is a key piece of building up dunes that will protect not only the barrier peninsula but homes inland during hurricanes and nor’easters.
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The dune planting, which had been held yearly before Superstorm Sandy, will be done from 9 a.m. to noon, rain or shine. Volunteers should dress for the weather -- dress warmly as it is predicted to be cold -- and should meet at the Ortley Beach Lifeguard Headquarters at 4th Avenue and Ocean Boulevard.
Anyone who has a shovel handle, a surf fishing spike or other tool that can make a hole in the sand to plant the grass is welcome to bring it.
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