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Stranded: Sea Turtles on the Edge at Cape Cod

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Dozens of Green, Loggerhead and Kemps Ridley sea turtles wash up on Cape Cod beaches every winter; and conservationists are doing their best to save them…

beach nourishment at Coney Island, NY

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Messages in the Sand from Hurricane Sandy

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Researchers have found that federally funded beach nourishment projects in New York and New Jersey prior to Hurricane Sandy saved an estimated $1.3 billion in avoided damages. Now the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is taking these findings to improve future beach nourishment projects…

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