The MD Civic Justice Corps and the Coastal Stewards banded together this week to clean and preserve Ocean City's symbol of security: the dunes.

These man-made sand-dunes along the beaches are vital to the protection of private property within the city limits. During storm surges - which are not uncommon - when water levels flow higher than the average tides, the force of the waves threaten to wreak massive devastation upon the city, but instead they crash upon the man-made dunes and are deflected. Given the manner which the attractions, revenue, and jobs provided through Ocean City are all spared from an untimely end, these dunes deserve the attention they are given, cresting the beach as victorious warders of danger.

Written by Erik Yount. Photography by Errol Webber.