The Southampton Town Parks and Recreation Department, Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program, the Noyac Civic Council, and members of the Pierson High School Environmental Club partnered this past Saturday, December 6, to plant beach grass at Foster Memorial Long Beach.
“This is the fourth planting event we’ve had here since 2022,” said Kristen Doulos, Town Parks Director. “The areas we first planted towards the south end of the facility have established well and are providing a robust vegetative buffer between the parking lot and beach.”
The plants are catching and building up sand on the beach and are preventing it from blowing into the parking lot areas where it may become contaminated with things like glass and car fluids. In addition to planting, volunteers distributed “SEAd bombs,” a mix of clay, soil, and native seeds, into upland areas where they will bloom into a mix of annual and perennial pollinators and establish strong root systems to help prevent erosion.
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Volunteers planted beach grass at Long Beach, Dec. 6, 2025
Noyac Civic Council volunteers at Long Beach, Dec. 6, 2025
Councilmember Michael Iasilli helps plant beach grass at Long Beach, Dec. 6, 2025
Parker the Parks & Rec Elf helping out at Long Beach, Dec. 6, 2025
Pierson High School volunteers at Long Beach, Dec. 6, 2025
Planting beach grass at Long Beach, Dec. 6, 2025
CCE volunteers at Long Beach, Dec. 6, 2025