"Over 20,000 seed balls have now been thrown in the NYC area to restore habitat lost during Hurricane Sandy."
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Shoreside dunes fortified with natural vegetation provide natural barrier against storm surges. In the Rockaways, most of the dunes lacked these stabilizing roots and were washed away during Hurricane Sandy. In this video, Anne Apparu and the kids create seed bombs made with a selection of dune plant seeds like switchgrass, atlantic panic grass and beach peas growing in the Rockaway dunes.