Barrier Island Forum and Workshop

These Proceedings provide a record of the 1980 Barrier Island Forum and Workshop, the second in a series of biennial meetings dealing with the management of barrier islands and other coastal barriers, sponsored by the North Atlantic Region of the National Park Service. The use of "barrier isl and" in the title is· not meant to exclude the other types of barrier beaches or coastal barriers such as barrier spits, bay barriers and tombolos. The purpose of this conference was to provide the public, managers and decision-makers with an update on research in areas affecting management and an overview of federal policies for protecting coastal barriers. This documentation of the Forum and Workshop has been provided because so many of the oral presentations were exciting, timely, contained much useful information, and appeared to be well received by all involved. The papers contained· in this volume are, for the most part, edited transcriptions of the talks as they were given in the course of this three-day symposium. In most cases only minor changes were necessary to make the papers quite readable. Most of these changes were suggested by the speakers and in all cases speakers had the opportunity to review the manuscript prior to final publication. However, for all subsequent errors, omissions or misinterpretations, contained herein, the editors take full responsibility. In a few cases, the speakers chose to rewrite their presentations, preserving the substance, but changing the format to one they considered more useful for this written record. The papers have been arranged so that they may be copied or reprinted without the contextural remarks which precede each presentation. However, the introductory remarks and question and answer period have been retained for the additional information and completeness they provide.