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Texas coast uses Christmas trees to rebuild storm-ravaged dunes

Texas coast uses Christmas trees to rebuild dunes AFP, SURFSIDE BEACH, Texas Toni Capretta stood on a patch of Texas’ Gulf coast where just seven months earlier the dunes were nearly her height. Now they are gone. Her town of Surfside Beach comes alive during the summer months, when Texans flock to the coast, but the landscape’s saving grace is straight out of a winter wonderland: the beloved Christmas tree. The recycled evergreens are used to construct new dune barriers to protect the sensitive area from the ravages of powerful storms. Recycled Christmas trees lie on a beach in Surfside ...

With its dunes damaged, Surfside Beach needs more recycled Christmas trees than ever FacebookTwitterEmail 1of26 Barbara Perk unloads Christmas trees Tuesday in Surfside Beach. They will be used to restore the dunes eroded by storms.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 2of26 Toni Capretta, president of Save Our Beach Association, takes photos of storm-damaged dunes to send to the GLO on Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Surfside Beach.Jon Shapley, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less 3of26 4of26 Terry Doyal, left, and her friend Barbara Perk unload ...