Arcadia
A Muddy Transnational Park: The Wadden Sea
Several national parks along the Wadden Sea coastline between the Netherlands and Germany have become part of the United Nations transboundary Wadden Sea World Heritage site.
Several national parks along the Wadden Sea coastline between the Netherlands and Germany have become part of the United Nations transboundary Wadden Sea World Heritage site.
Environmental activism in the 1960s forced the Army Corps of Engineers to limit the open-water dumping of dredge spoils in the Great Lakes and create new “natural” areas along the shore.
The long battle to protect Scarborough Beach’s coastal dunes demonstrates both the power and limitations of local grassroots advocacy groups.