Thirty-eight volunteers helped planted almost 4,000 plugs of dune grass on the beach in Ocean City on Saturday.
The effort helped shore up a new line of primary dune formed by city Public Works crews between 15th and 18th streets.
A grant from Walmart paid for the dune grass from a Cumberland County farm, and the event was sponsored by the Ocean City Environmental Commission and Clean Communities Organization.
Received in 2012 and extended after Superstorm Sandy, the $2,500 grant has paid for one other dune-grass planting and a beach plum planting.
Dune grass must be planted from the fall through early spring, and wooden tools fabricated by a city crew helped volunteers creating plug holes for the plantings.
The volunteer effort coincided with the 29th annual Fall Beach Sweep sponsored by the City of Ocean City and Clean Ocean Action (COA).
Residents, students, organizations and families participated in the semiannual “counted cleanup” sweep along the beaches in Ocean City.
