Download or read book Report of the Barrier Island Work Group (Classic Reprint) written by United States Department of Th Interior and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-04-28 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Report of the Barrier Island Work Group The barrier islands off our Atlantic and Gulf Coasts have been subject to alternating periods of concern and neglect by the Nation. The periods of concern have been marked by the selective preservation of some of the more outstanding islands, while those of neglect have been marked by the unwise develop ment and wasteful treatment of others. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.