South Portland placed more than 200 discarded holiday trees on an eroded Maine beach after a 2022 storm; they trapped sand and vegetation began returning within months

South Portland placed more than 200 discarded holiday trees on an eroded Maine beach after a 2022 storm; they trapped sand and vegetation began returning within months

After a powerful winter storm stripped away sections of Maine’s coastline in December 2022, an unlikely form of coastal protection began taking shape on