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Hi . 

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My name is Holly and I'm six years old 

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and I'm in kindergarten . And why do we 

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need sand on our beach ? 

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that trader with Corps of Engineers ? 

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I'm a coastal engineer and planner , 

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and I'm going to explain why we need 

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sand on our beaches . So there's three 

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main reasons . The first one is to 

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protect homes , roads , buildings . 

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The second reason is for Habitat , and 

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the third reason is for recreation . So 

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for the first reason , here's a picture 

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from 1962 . This is actually out in 

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Jacksonville Beach . This is what it 

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looked like in 1962 during a really big 

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coastal storm . You can see there's a 

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lot of erosion . Homes are being 

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impacted . People are being impacted . 

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Eso The main reason that we put sand on 

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our beaches is to protect homes , 

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businesses and roads things like that , 

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just like in this picture . So if you 

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got to Jacksonville Beach today , 

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you'll see big , beautiful dune , big , 

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beautiful beach that protects this type 

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of stuff , which we call infrastructure , 

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homes and roads . The second great 

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thing about that beaching genes that it 

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provides habitat to things like nesting 

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sea turtles and also to other species 

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that might rely on beaches and dunes 

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for their habitat . On the third reason 

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is for recreation , just so people can 

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go out there and enjoy the beach 

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because everybody loves the beach , 

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you can do it .