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DUNES: Tidestrom’s lupine has recolonized dunes near Abbotts Lagoon, where invasive grasses choked out native plants and sensitive habitat before restoration efforts dug them up.   David Briggs

Herbicides are the best option for killing invasive beachgrass and iceplant on 600 acres of coastal dunes in the Point Reyes National Seashore, according to an environmental assessment for a new management plan released last week. The park says the low cost of herbicide will both allow the park to cover a much wider area and minimize the dunes’ migration onto nearby ranches, making it the seashore’s preferred alternative. The public comment period for the…