A 2-YEAR DUNE RESTORATION PROGRAM BEGAN IN ERNEST YESTERDAY, WHEN A GROUP OF SANTA CRUZ ELEMENTARY STUDENTS PLANTED THE FIRST (OF MORE THAN 10 THOUSAND) NATIVE SEEDLINGS AT MOSS LANDING STATE BEACH. ANOTHER PLANTING IS PLANNED FOR THIS SUNDAY, AND ALSO ON FEBRUARY 1ST, AND THIS TIME EVERYONE IS INVITED TO COME OUT AND HELP PLANT THE BEACH SAGEWORT, SAND VERBENA, AND MOCK HEATHER SEEDLINGS, THAT WERE GROWN FROM SEEDS HARVESTED FROM ADJACENT, HEALTHIER, SAND DUNES.
BOTH EVENTS ARE SCHEDULED TO BEGIN AT 9 A-M, AT MOSS LANDING STATE BEACH ON JETTY ROAD IN MOSS LANDING. ALTHOUGH WATER AND TOOLS WILL BE PROVIDED, PEOPLE MAY
