barrier beach

"The barrier beaches have almost all been built up, and there's not much left to save," she said.

I was cheered by that image, washing up on a low barrier beach.

We went south, passing the barrier beaches and heading out over the ocean.

"The same current that created this island we're on, and all the barrier beaches.

The stories of the rich and famous are rampant in the 17 communities on the 32-mile barrier beach.

"People say you shouldn't build on a barrier beach, and they're right.

An area of barrier beaches, it is also noted for its duck and goose hunting.

This approach, they say, has caused low morale among those working the barrier beach this year.

"But then Fire Island is much more developed as a barrier beach and very difficult to get to.

However,the barrier beach with its sand dunes eventually closed this opening permanently.

What needs to be done is to enforce a moratorium on development of barrier beaches and a concerted effort to get people to leave.

If the local governments had not allowed the development of barrier beaches in the first place, we would not be faced with the problem.

"Can you stabilize a barrier beach for time immemorial?

A raging sea that tore the barrier beach in half four years ago, swallowing dozens of homes.

Regarding the erosion problem of the Fire Island barrier beach, they apparently have no science whatsoever.

It said $119 million had already been appropriated for emergency repairs to barrier beaches.

Another endangered species that uses the barrier beach is the Atlantic loggerhead turtle.

The location is on a barrier beach, exposed to Atlantic Ocean storms.

The fine barrier beaches are a recreational attraction.

After the break in the outer barrier beach in 1987 continued erosion threatened the structure.

While the task force proposals show some progress in attitude toward barrier beach issues, they have not yet overcome the supremacy of politics over science.

We didn't really expect to spot an owl, as there are miles of barrier beaches on Long Island.

From a distance, the barrier beach didn't look like much more than a spit of sand, and I girded myself for disappointment.

While environmental groups hailed the proposals as important safeguards for the barrier beaches, town officials voiced mixed reaction.

The wind, blowing across the pond from the barrier beach and the thundering surf beyond, increased in intensity.