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New York turned 250 Christmas trees into breakwaters to restore salt marsh

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Discarded Christmas trees found a new purpose in Jamaica Bay, where they transformed into natural breakwaters at a wildlife refuge. The structures served to safeguard newly planted salt marsh vegetation from erosive waves.

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