Beach and dune restoration is best done using the tools developed by Mother Nature. Natural qualities can be achieved in Lakeshore restoration even when a revetment is needed by placing the revetment in the right place and "burying" it, using beach nourishment if necessary. Even without beach nourishment, the shore of Sheboygan's Harbor Centre South Pier District Peninsula, where the Sheboygan River flows into Lake Michigan along the Wisconsin shoreline, was effectively transformed with the help of a buried revetment and dune grass. Beach nourishment will become important here as the level of Lake Michigan rises, and deserves more attention in the Great Lakes region to counter the effects of revetments being built to protect increasing development along the shore.
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