By Emmanuel T. Erediano
Variety News Staff

FOUR experts from the University of Hawaii’s department of geology and geophysics are arriving today to investigate Managaha’s “seasonal movement,”
The Coastal Resources Management Office, according to its natural resources planner Kathy Yuknavage, contracted the University of Hawaii in Manoa to model the sand processes around the famous tourist spot.
The study, Yuknavage said in an e-mail, is being done through funding from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and in coordination with the Department of Public Lands and Tasi Tours Inc.
She said the investigators led by Dr. Chip Fletcher have completed the first phase of the study and will conduct further physical analyses on the island.
The final phase of the study, Yuknavage added, will provide the CNMI with pertinent information about the seasonal movement of Managaha, which will include a better understanding of how much further the island may be expected to move in the next few years and if any important infrastructure may be at risk in the future.