These overlooked features of the coast could help buy communities a bit more time — before the ocean pushes inland and reclaims the land.
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Shifting to even greener ways of buying time is often a hard sell. Engineers have been wary of the idea that plants and sand could be enough, even in the short term, to protect roads and critical infrastructure. On a slightly windy Friday, Cuadra got to work sorting tens of thousands of seeds into a broadcaster that she slung over her hip. She held out a few in her hand, noting the spiky edges on theShe paused to admire a gray whale and its calf breaching just past the surf. A group of pelicans stretched their outsize wings and soared along the break.
Cuadra, who grew up in Southeast L.A., still feels a sense of wonder whenever she’s this close to the ocean. She often thinks about the Tongva and Chumash people who understood the natural rhythms of this coast, who knew these dunes before they were destroyed.
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