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California's Underrated State Park Is A Wild Gem On The Coast With Dunes, Beaches, And Untamed Forest

Enjoy the rugged wilderness while also traipsing through coastal dunes and enjoying gorgeous beaches at an under-the-radar ...
KTVZ

Tourists having sex in the dunes is ruining a Spanish beach

Overtourism is regularly blamed for choking historic cities, covering world-famous sights in trash, and killing local life in tourist hotspots across the world. Now tourists having sex is said to be ...
NPR

A visit to the dunes that inspired Frank Herbert's 'Dune'

Over a hundred years ago, giant sand dunes threatened to overwhelm parts of Florence, Ore. These dunes snake along the coast for over 50 miles, and some are taller than the Great Pyramid of Giza. And ...
Chicago Tribune

Drawing a line in the sand: Ogden Dunes, state and federal agencies and preservation group differ

When Ogden Dunes began hardening the shoreline against Lake Michigan’s attacks, Save the Dunes drew a line in the sand. So did the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. So did the U.S. Army Corps ...
MLive

Here’s what’s open, closed in Sleeping Bear Dunes during the federal shutdown

EMPIRE, MI -- It’s a quiet start to the fall season in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The lights are off and the gates are closed at some of the park’s visitor attractions. Staffing is down ...

Indiana Dunes includes both a state and national park. Would it close during a government shutdown?

A federal government shutdown that could start Oct. 1 would impact National Park Service sites, which includes the Indiana ...