PREFACE 
This report is published to assist coastal engineers in shoreline 
stabilization through the establishment and maintenance of vegetation. 
The techniques for shoreline stabilization with vegetation discussed 
in this report are applicable to other low-energy estuarine areas. The 
work was carried out under the coastal ecology research program of the 
U.S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center (CERC). 
The report was prepared by J.D. Dodd, Professor of Range Science, 
and J.W. Webb, Research Assistant in Range Science, Texas A&M University, 
under CERC Contract No. DACW72-74-C-0002. Support was also received 
from the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station, Texas A&M University, 
College Station, Texas 77843. 
The authors express appreciation to personnel of the Anahuac 
National Wildlife Refuge, particularly Mr. Russel Clapper, Manager, for 
their cooperation; and to W.G. McCully for his advice and encouragement 
in the initiation of these studies. Special thanks are due A.T. Weichert 
and B.H. Koerth for their assistance in the field work; and to 
D.W. Woodard, CERC, for his advice and encouragement throughout the 
course of this study. 
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. 
JAMES L. TRAYERS 
Colonel, Corps of Engineers 
Commander and Director 
