These are best management practices for the maintenance of seagrapes and other salt tolerant dune plants protected seaward of a coastal construction control line by state law 161.053 (2)(a), Florida Statutes. It replaces CCCL publication "seagrape trimming guidelines" in order to cover general beach and dune vegetation maintenance activities along all sandy beach shorelines in Florida. It also updates references and CCCL program contact information.
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