PREFACE 



This report contains results of a 2-year survey to monitor rates of 

 sand deposition, vegetation dynamics, beach erosion and accretion, and 

 maintenance requirements of beach plantings made during the previous 5 

 years. It is published to assist coastal engineers in building and 

 maintaining coastal foredunes which act as effective barriers against 

 storm surge, and enhance the environmental quality and productivity in 

 the coastal zone. The research was carried out under the coastal ecology 

 research program of the U.S. Army Coastal Engineering Research Center 

 (CERC) . 



The report was prepared by Bill E. Dahl, Professor of Range and Wild- 

 life Management, and John P. Goen, Research Associate, Department of Range 

 and Wildlife Management, Texas Technological University (TTU) , Lubbock, 

 Texas, under CERC Contract No. DACW72-75-C-0011. 



The authors express appreciation to personnel of the Padre Island 

 National Seashore; to the Welder Wildlife Foundation, Sinton, Texas, for 

 their interest and cooperation; and to C.L. Pawlik, U.S. Army Engineer 

 District, Galveston, for his advice, assistance, and encouragement. 

 Special thanks are due W.E. Bean, A. Dahl, J. Erasure, P. McCawley, 

 K. Morrison, D. Sikes, D. Wester, C.B. White, and G. Woodard for their 

 interest and assistance in fieldwork and data analysis. 



Dr. D.W. Woodard, formerly of CERC, was largely instrumental in 

 initiating the project. A.K. Hurme and P. Knutson were the CERC contract 

 monitors, under the general supervision of R.M. Yancey, Chief, Coastal 

 Ecology Branch, Research Division. 



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. 



Colonel, Corps of Engineers 

 Commander and Director 



