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SR-3 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO. 



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4. TITLE (and Subtitle) 



DUNE BUILDING AND STABILIZATION WITH VEGETATION 



5. TYPE OF REPORT & PERIOD COVERED 



Special Report 



PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORfs; 



W.W. WOODHOUSE, Jr. 



CONTRACT OR GRANT NUMBERfsJ 



DACW72-76-C-0006 



9. PERFORMING ORGANIZATION NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



G31533 

 F31234 



H. CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Department of the Army 



Coastal Engineering Research Center 



Kingman Building, Fort Belvoir, Virginia 22060 



REPORT DATE 



September 1978 



NUMBER OF PAGES 

 112 



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Approved for public release; distribution unlimited. 



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Dune creation Dune stabilization Sand fences Vegetation 



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This is the first comprehensive report on dune building and stabilization 

 in the United States. The practical information on methods and dune plants is 

 the result of more than 20 years of experimentation in coastal areas from the 

 mouth of the Columbia River in Oregon through southern California and the Gulf 

 of Mexico to Cape Cod, Massachusetts. The use of fences and vegetation for 

 dune creation is discussed, and the labor and material requirements for dune 

 creation and sand stabilization projects are summarized. The major plants 



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