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About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1971)
Page 6 College Station, Texas Wednesday, July 14, 1971 THE BATTALION East Texas coastline receding, report says dredging in the Sabine Pass. "Because beach environments of the Gulf Coast have great recre ational and other land use value,” the researcher emphasized, “the artificial nourishment of the beach system with available sedi ment supplies is recommended for the attainment of shoreline equil ibrium.” Some eastern sections of Texas’ coastline are receding at the rate of five feet per year, reports a Texas A&M geographer. Dr. Eugene Jaworski, an assist ant professor, said several other parts of the state’s 373-mile shore are moving inland at lesser rates. Factors figuring in the coastal recession are hurricane washover, storm surge, tectonic setting of the coast, as well as human inter ference with the beach system, he claims. Jaworski said he believes ac tion should be taken immediately to offset the sediment deficiency and counteract the erosion. He says one possibility would be to relocate sediments, such as from Jaworski conducted the coastal study as part of Texas A&M new Environmental Quality Program. The program is designed to iden tify and analyze problems involv ing the quality of environment and standard of living available to citizens of both Texas and the entire nation. “As land use of our coastal en vironments increases,” he said, “it will become necessary to ini tiate management programs which will integrate our knowl edge of both the natural and man-made coastal processes.” The professor’s study centers on the 62-mile East Texas coast between the entrance to Galves ton Bay and the Sabine Pass. The beaches are building up along a 12-mile strip east of the Galveston Bay jetty and also along a six-mile strip west of the Sabine Pass jetties, according to Jaworski’s calculations. The 44- mile segment between those two areas is eroding. He said interest in the prob lem of shoreline recession devel oped from a study of the reloca tion of Highway 87. The high way generally follows the beach ridge because the coastal marsh prohibits construction of a stable roadbed further inland. Jaworski concludes. He citejB construction of the Sabine i The first hard-surfaced high way along the East Texas coast was built in 1936. It was relocated in 1945 and again in 1962, each time with the centerline 50 to 60 feet further inland. jetties, the dredging of tlit| pass at Rollover and reraotl beach sediments for roadl® ing. Regarding the latter tyJi. human interference, the pro!® notes the legislature passed* in 1970 prohibiting furthei* moval of beach sediment* road building. Human interference with the beach system has affected the natural coastal processes along several areas of the shoreline, He suggests supplying j eroding beaches along the! stretch with sediments dredging, such as fromtheSiJ Pass and the tidal delta inj Bay near the Rollover fisli ® hi OREEM STTAMPQ Two steaks can weigh the same, but the difference in trim can mean an extra serving. Even less expensive cuts can vary in value-depending on how well they’re prepared by your butcher. Don't gamble with your meat dollar. Bring it to Piggly Wiggly! Then's Swing in Every Serving... Kmrh * KmS&IS' $1- %. 49< MORE MEAT PER POUND AT PIGGLY WIGGLY B«9 /VMPdS-CT * SWEETfWLES icorr jumbo ^. r KL 5 89c EVAP.M'LK- QGlc 88 f5Tl' sttam p>s WE GIVE hi\ OttEEN arrAMf=>8 I WE GIVE \hi\ QPjeterM 1 STANrfprS I CttoteEBESFO’lM' BOSTON ROLL* gwiIIgibk* 89* CHOiCfeBeep CHUCK ROAST mm ssfe F wnie»!Sf«89 ‘*594 C&BBA6E ONIONS eAMftROSkPUJMS •e, •a 10 ^ lb. 19c PIPE BM4ANAS 10^ -PRES1DIO CALIFORNIA, LONG WHITE * ^ ew^wMoes lb. 10c CAMTMDUPES 3 r* 2 79 ^ UST MEUORIKIE I FOLGERS i SCOfF EE jama M0( 0(1 MATCH SgppuMJAM •»Sf* (KMCJUtt DEL MOIMTE PEAS vAci- §Tt. 303 CAN ;te. 43c 23c 37c HBUZSWWWEP MiQL. BBrtWcfclOc ^ ioc i2« PCTtB RM pmmm 47c SOFT PLY-JUMBO ROLLS 3 $i BLEACH 3i« BOf4|4ie Bm&Z ^ lnr rr BISCUITS 3 Thee 25c FALSTAFF 1 j&M < i BEER PACK tfji glass c DOUBLE $m<5RE04 00^ 50FTWEVE f TISSUE i yfo BcvUie&^eP Q ,1/uB CQ fi 1 % m ^^(j\uoab i PORK & BEANS SHOWBOAT 6 14 can oz ' 87 c WITH *250 OR MORB PURCHASE How'. TWPEE 3REftT 5TOCE5 TO V^U BETTER 4309 TEXAS AVENUE 3516 TEXAS AVENUE 200 E. 24TH STREET BPVRN « GIVE W M is we give the