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 and the use 

 of wave-stilling devices discussed in this report are applicable to other 

 estuarine areas. The research was carried out under the coastal ecology 

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

 (CERC). This report is the third in a series of three reports on this 

 effort. Previous research is reported in CERC MP 6-75 and CERC TP 76-13. 



The report was prepared by J.W. Webb, Research Associate in Range 

 Science, and J.D. Webb, Professor of 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 for the cooperation of pe-'sonnel at 

 the Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge, particularly R. Clapper, Manager. 

 Special thanks are due A.T. Weichert, B.H. Koerth, and W. Cleary, for 

 their assistance in fieldwork. 



A.K. Hurme was the CERC contract monitor for the report under the 

 general supervision of R.M. Yancey, Chief, 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. 



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^JOHN H. COUSINS 

 Colonel, Corps of Engineers 

 Commander and Director 



