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Do Recycled Christmas Trees Really Prevent Erosion Along Louisiana's Coast?

Does a popular and long-running program to use dead Christmas trees to help prevent coastal erosion actually work? (Beth J. Harpaz/AP)
Does a popular and long-running program to use dead Christmas trees to help prevent coastal erosion actually work? (Beth J. Harpaz/AP)

Here & Now‘s Tonya Mosley speaks with G. Paul Kemp, a coastal scientist at Louisiana State University, about a popular and long-running program to use dead Christmas trees to help prevent coastal erosion.

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