Bay Foundation Hopes Plants Hold the Key for Dune Restoration

The Malibu Living Shoreline Project, with The Bay Foundation non-profit as lead agency, aims to restore approximately three acres of dune habitat at Zuma Beach and Westward Beach (agencies call it Point Dume Beach). The theory is that Malibu's sand dunes can be brought back from their current degraded condition simply by getting rid of all the non-native plants, and replacing them with native dune plants that not only help restore the ecology, but also serve as dune builders...