Dune's Day 2022

2211 Bluewater Highway,Surfside Beach TX 77541

15 January, 2022

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Over 75% of our coastal dunes have eroded, help Brazoria County rebuild by volunteering your time to stake down recycled Christmas trees! Phone: (979)864-1152 Email: [email protected] PARKS DEPARTMENT SEEKS TREE DONATIONS AND VOLUNTEERS FOR DUNES DAY EVENT ANGLETON, TX (November 12, 2021) - Brazoria County needs your help more than ever this year at Dunes Day on Follett’s Island. With the frequency of storms hitting the coast in the last three years, the sand dunes of Brazoria County beaches have almost completely disappeared. On January 15th, 2022, volunteers are needed to help stake down recycled Christmas Trees on area beaches to help rebuild the dunes. Dunes Day will start at 9am at Stahlman Park in Surfside Beach. Stahlman Park is located at 2211 Bluewater Hwy, Surfside Beach, TX 77541. With the number of storms that the Texas Gulf Coast has experienced in recent years, our beaches have not had a chance to rebound. Presently, recent storms have eroded upwards of 75% of the dunes along the 14 miles of Follet’s Island in Brazoria County. The need for volunteers and recycled Christmas trees is imperative for dune rebuilding this season. Live Christmas trees may be donated at any one of eight donation sites in Brazoria County. Please share this community project with your neighborhood groups, social clubs, scout troop, churches, and schools to encourage a Christmas tree drive to be collected and recycled for Dunes Day. Outdoor work attire such as long sleeves and long pants with closed toed shoes are recommended, as well as work gloves and a hammer to drive stakes into the sand. Volunteers will be given instructions on where and how to stake out the trees at the meeting location. A chili dog lunch will be served starting at 11:30 am at Stahlman Park. To reduce the amount of trash in general, water bottle and water cups will not be provided. Filtered water will be available for volunteers to refill their own water bottles. The natural process of a sand dune cycles between build-up in the years between storms and then partially erodes back during storm years. Placing recycled Christmas trees on the beach greatly supports the onset of the dune building process. Christmas trees act as sand-fencing and aid sand accumulation. Once the trees start to decompose, they act as fertilizer for dune-stabilizing grasses to grow and continue the process. Drop off locations: Brazoria County Parks, 313 W. Mulberry St., Angleton, TX 77515Surfside Beach Main Entrance, Surfside, TXManvel Substation , 7313 Corporate Drive, Manvel, Texas 77578Precinct 1 HQ, 1432 Highland Park Drive, Clute, Texas 77531Precinct 2 HQ, 21017 CR 171, Angleton, Texas 77515Precinct 3 HQ, 2508 North Gordon Street, Alvin, Texas 77512Precinct 4 HQ, 121 North 10th Street, West Columbia, Texas 77486Stella Roberts Recycling Center, 5800 Magnolia , PearlandFor more information contact Brazoria County Parks at [email protected] or 979-864-1152.