PREFACE 



This report, which describes the methods, materials, results, and con- 

 clusions of an experimental dune restoration and stabilization study on Nauset 

 Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts, is published to assist engineers, municipali- 

 ties, and private property owners in designing and maintaining dune restoration 

 and stabilization projects on the North Atlantic coast. The work was carried 

 out under the coastal ecology research program of the U.S. Army Coastal Engi- 

 neering Research Center (CERC). 



The report was prepared by Paul L. Knutson, a CERC coastal ecologist, under 

 the general supervision of E.J. Pullen, Chief, Coastal Ecology Branch. 



The author expresses appreciation to R. Savage and D. Woodard, who initi- 

 ated the experiment and monitored the early progress of the work, and S. Onysko 

 of the U.S. Army Engineer Division, New England, who managed, inspected, and 

 maintained the project throughout the experimental period and reviewed the 

 final draft. A.K. Hurme of CERC conducted periodic site inspections and 

 A. Meyer, J. Ford, and D. Knight, CERC, performed much of the data reduction. 

 Dr. W.W. Woodhouse, North Carolina State University at Raleigh, reviewed and 

 commented on the original manuscript. 



U.S. Army Engineer Division, New England, acknowledges the cooperation and 

 assistance in this experiment by personnel of other Federal offices and agencies, 

 by State, municipal and local authorities, and by other individuals, particu- 

 larly the following: U.S. Department of Interior, National Park Service, Cape 

 Cod National Seashore; U.S. Department of Interior, Wellfleet Job Corps; U.S. 

 Department of Agriculture, Soil Conservation Service, Hyannis, Massachusetts; 

 Stephen L. French Forestry Camp, Nicherson State Park, East Brewster, Massa- 

 chusetts; Selectmen, Towns of Orleans, Eastham, and Chatham; G. Munsey, 

 R. Frostholm, W. Goff, and E.M. Richardson; Town of Orleans; and R.C. Kelsey, 

 aerial photographer, Chatham, Massachusetts. 



Comments on this publication are invited. 



Approved for publication in accordance with Public Law 166, 79th Congress, 

 approved 31 July 1945, as supplemented by Public Law 172, 88th Congress, 

 approved 7 November 1963. 



TED E. BISHOP 



Colonel, Corps of Engineers 



Commander and Director 



