Rec. and Park joined dedicated volunteers and key environmental organizations to kick off a sand dune replanting project at Ocean Beach recently. The collaborative effort aims to restore the health of the beach’s vital dune ecosystem, enhance biodiversity, and protect native species.
The Sunset is San Francisco’s largest neighborhood, but it’s hard to get lost here. In a neighborhood where streets are numbered or alphabetized, it’s always easy to know where you are, no matter how blinding the sun, dense the fog, strong the wind or dark the night.
To help the beach between Sloat Boulevard and Fort Funston keep its sand from eroding away entirely, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has placed a sand berm next to the rocks and cliffs protecting a sewage facility from the ocean waves.
Photo of three women sitting atop a sand dune near the foot of Lincoln Way at Ocean Beach in 1899.
A crowd of onlookers gathers atop a Sunset District sand dune to watch the launch of McGill Glider No. 813N, by the Pacific Glider School at 33rd Avenue and Kirkham Street, on May 24, 1930.
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