When Ogden Dunes began hardening the shoreline against Lake Michigan’s attacks, Save the Dunes drew a line in the sand. So did the Indiana Department of Natural Resources. So did the U.S. Army ...

About 35 years ago, visitors to the Waukegan Municipal Beach saw nothing but sand and Lake Michigan ... to tell the story of the Waukegan Dunes through art. It’s pretty astounding.

In April, government officials had to clean a “Sebastian” sand scrawl and accompanying face drawing on the dunes. Littering and fireworks are also banned, and incur fines of up to 50,000 yen ...