1.   She cited the ocean barriers that had been built, the replenishment of sand and the dune grass that had been planted at the shore.

2.   She found a praying mantis clinging to a stalk of dune grass on a wide and wild beach.

3.   Take the horned lark for example, a bird you could see picking among the dune grasses at Plum Island.

4.   The dunes, reinforced with dune grass, will grow naturally over time, helping to minimize the velocity of waves, Sykes said.