| 11. | The fine barrier beaches are a recreational attraction.
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| 12. | The barrier beach habitat of Quicksand Pond is a potential suitable nesting site for the American oystercatcher.
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| 13. | But on that winter day 15 years ago, a storm punched a whole through the barrier beach.
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| 14. | The refuge protects various kinds of habitat, including barrier beach, dune, tidal estuary, salt marsh, and rocky coastline.
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| 15. | It is separated from the Caribbean by a barrier beach that at times is but 200 yards wide.
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| 16. | The final environmental impact statement on Lease Sale 181, written by MMS, suggests no long-term impact to barrier beaches.
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| 17. | Suffolk County has a long maritime history with several outer barrier beaches and hundreds of square miles of waterways.
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| 18. | In 1938, almost all summer homes on its barrier beach were obliterated by a hurricane resulting in twenty-nine local deaths.
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| 19. | To the north, Saquish Neck serves as another barrier beach protecting the bay and is almost seven miles in length.
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| 20. | Plymouth Beach guards Plymouth Harbor and mostly consists of a three-mile ( 5 km ) long, ecologically significant barrier beach.
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