Dozens of volunteers braved intermittent showers on a recent morning to help plant sea oats along a swath of Navarre Beach. The community event was organized by Dune Doctors, a Pensacola company that ...

Rhizome is the word of the day. It refers to the lateral underground stem that holds sea oats onto fragile dunes. Sea oats have become a minor obsession for me because our fabulous “new” dune system ...

The unassuming plant, so critical to maintaining Florida’s shoreline, is in high demand after hurricanes Ian and Idalia. This is its life story. Jack Evans is a former reporter covering Pinellas ...

I love the look of sea oats. Would they be considered suitable for planting as an ornamental grass in my landscape? Known primarily as a coastal plant, sea oats once dominated the dunes of the ...

Nonprofit Keep Manatee Beautiful is planning a historic planting of sea oats, which anchor sand dunes that protect shorelines from erosion, flooding and storm surge. Roughly 300 volunteers are signed ...

As hurricane season continues, with last year's catastrophic storm season top of mind for many locals, Keep Manatee Beautiful is looking for 300 volunteers to join its largest sea oat planting effort ...

Volunteers and county staff recently installed dune fencing on three miles of coastline with local non-profit Trees on the Coast. The fencing helps expand the dunes and mitigates impacts that have ...

TREASURE ISLAND, Fla. — The start of Hurricane Season is close to one month away and the City of Treasure Island is working to make sure the beach is protected. On Saturday morning, city staff and ...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Coastal communities turned once again to nature to help protect their cities and towns from future storm impacts. Over the weekend, beach-bordering cities and towns in Brevard ...

OAK ISLAND -- Stepping through the doors of the town of Oak Island’s greenhouse, Rikkelle Carter and George Napier walked between beds of more than 20,000 flourishing green sea oats. An old radio set ...