National Park Service contracted to have 240,000 cu m of sand placed on the 

 beach in 1966 (Dolan 1972a). That fine-grained sand, taken from Pamilico 

 Sound, was soon lost. Three groins were then constructed by the U. S. Navy 

 in 1970. Further erosion north of the groins was addressed by a beach- 

 replenishment project in 1972 when 170,000 cu m of beach sand from Cape Point 

 was placed; in 1973, 750,000 cu m were added from the same source. 



53. Between 1936 and 1940, sand fences were built along various reaches 

 of the study area by the Civilian Conservation Corps to create and maintain 

 continuous dunes (Dolan 1972b). Over 900,000 m of fencing was erected on 

 Bodie, Pea, and Hatteras Islands, most of it near the beach. Following a 

 severe storm in March 1962, a dune was constructed along 30 km of oceanfront 

 between Nags Head and Kitty Hawk. In the 1950' s and 1960's the U. S. Depart- 

 ment of the Interior, National Park Service, constructed and stabilized dunes 

 in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (i.e., from South Nags Head to past the 

 southern limit of the study area). 



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