Commitment to tribal partners restores Shoalwater Bay Dune, protects Shaolwater Bay Tribe
A row of corrugated steel pipes are tell-tale signs of the culvert crossing that the USACE integrated project team built to complete the repairs to the Shoalwater Bay Dune on the Tokeland Peninsula, Washington. The dune sustained larger-than-forecast storm event in November 2020, which caused breaching and 100 percent loss of the dune cross-section. January 2021's storm led to further erosion and loss of the dune.

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