national seashore

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“The national seashore, from an ecological standpoint, was a train wreck,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 21, 2025

Operated by the National Park Service, this area is the country’s first national seashore and extends from Bodie Island to Ocracoke Island.

From Washington Post • May 6, 2022

With the sands stabilized, U.S. lawmakers first considered designating the Oregon Dunes as a national seashore in 1958, along with the Sea Lion Caves north of Florence.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2021

Residents here made their own agreement with the Department of the Interior in the 1970s to fold the island into the national seashore while continuing to own it privately, adhering to rigorous conservation principles.

From New York Times • Aug. 21, 2021

“We’ve been led to believe that we would always stay here,” said McClure, a fourth-generation farmer whose family gave McClure Beach to the national seashore before the second world war.

From The Guardian • Nov. 9, 2018