What are the Guadalupe-Nipomo dunes?
The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes are lands next to the pacific ocean in California. The place is incredibly beautiful and has been set aside as a natural preserve.The Guadalupe-Nipomo Dunes is a National Natural Landmark comprising 18 miles and more than 22,000 acres of one of the largest coastal dune ecosystems on earth. The location of the Dunes Complex in a transition
zone between northern and southern California plant and animal communities results in a high degree of habitat
diversity, a large number native plants and animals, and susceptibility to disturbing delicate ecosystem balances.
With more than 1,000 known species of birds, plants and animals and some of the highest dunes on the west
coast, it is a place of rare beauty and significance. (http://www.dunescenter.org/conserve.htm)
