Sand dunes

Seventeen oceanfront homeowners are challenging New Jersey's right to use eminent domain to seize strips of their sand for a protective dune project, calling it a land grab.

Seawalls are being proposed as a more durable alternative to sand dunes for future storm protection along the Jersey Coast by a specialist working on a project with Seaside Heights.

Margate is not going away quietly in its fight against New Jersey's plan to build protective sand dunes.

After Irene, Sandy and last weekend's storms, New Jersey knows something about powerful storms and massive beach erosion. A lawmaker wants to reactivate the group responsible for dealing with it.

LONG BEACH ISLAND, N.J. (AP) -- The state and Long Beach Township must pay seven oceanfront homeowners for illegally taking their properties for six months for a storm protection project.

Gov. Chris Christie's administration has begun legal proceedings to obtain land from beachfront property owners so the state can build dunes to protect against storms.

More than two-and-a-half years after Superstorm Sandy, New Jersey officials continue to push a plan to build up sand dunes along the entire 1,270 miles of coastline, to protect shore communities from future storms.

A study by a leading coastal science center lends new support to New Jersey's efforts to build protective sand dunes along its 127-mile coast.

A federal judge appeared to favor a Jersey shore town's arguments that New Jersey can't proceed with a plan to widen beaches and build protective sand dunes without letting the owners challenge the proposal.

As the air turns colder, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has plans for numerous Sandy-recovery projects through the winter and spring.