BRAZORIA COUNTY, Texas - The Brazoria County Parks Department wants your discarded Christmas trees.
“By donating your Christmas tree, you're allowing us to help keep the barrier island there,” said Mike Mullenweg, Brazoria County Parks Special Events Coordinator.
The county has been hosting "Dunes Day" for 40 years. Each year, volunteers strap down donated trees to collect sand over time. Then the trees decompose into fertilizer to breed new life.
County conservationists are still making repairs to dunes damaged in Hurricane Ike.
“Literally without those dunes that are in constant danger from tropical storms in the Gulf of Mexico, we will not have a beach,” Mullenweg said.
Brazoria County drop-off sites
Brazoria County Parks HQ
313 W. Mulberry St.
Angleton, TX 77515
Surfside Beach Main Entrance
Surfside, TX
Manvel Substation
7313 Corporate Dr.
Manvel, TX 77578
Precinct 1 HQ
1432 Highland Park Drive
Clute, TX 77531
Precinct 2 HQ
21017 CR 171
Angleton, TX 77515
Precinct 3 HQ
2508 North Gordon Street
Alvin, TX 77512
Precinct 4 HQ
121 North 10th Street
West Columbia, TX 77486
Stella Roberts Recycling Center
5800 Magnolia, Pearland, TX
On Jan. 19, volunteers can meet at Surfside Beach to rebuild, restore and strengthen Brazoria County dunes.
For more information, call Mullenweg at (979) 864-1152.
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