Well, you can try, but it does get a touch expensive:
Since 1998, when the Legislature dedicated a portion of the Ecosystem Management and Restoration Trust Fund for beach management, $626.6 million has been appropriated to cost-share with local governments on local and federally authorized projects, with each level of government contributing about one-third of the cost of the entire program. This has resulted in the restoration and subsequent maintenance of over 227.8 miles, or nearly 56%, of the state’s 407.3 miles of critically eroded beaches.
So, over half a billion dollars later (!), and half of the “critically eroded beaches” were…restored (not a great word for it, IMHO).
A common sight from beaches in South Florida is the dredging apparatus used to pull sand from just offshore to then replace the stuff that’s been washed away by Gawdalmighty and her idiot pal, humanity. But hey, black-socked, speedo wearing Northerners don’t seem to mind it at all, and besides, nature takes a distant backseat to economic development/status quo every time.
