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aerial map shows a developed and armored, unmoving shoreline, while the lower, sandy half of the island is set back, able to move with the tides

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Long Beach Island’s shoreline drastically shifts when left to follow the tidal regime, as it has been at Edwin B. Forsythe National Wildlife Refuge.

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