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MARIT PROJECTSJune 29, 2000John WrightChair, Mid-Atlantic RIT: 

MARIT PROJECTS June 29, 2000 John Wright Chair, Mid-Atlantic RIT Beach Habitats, Wetlands/Marsh, Bay Islands, SAV Habitats, Fish Passage, Tropical Migrants and Marine Bivalves

MARIT Projects: 

MARIT Projects Brookhaven, NY Smith Island, MD Tangier Island, VA * Poplar Island, MD Saxis Island, VA Villas Beach, NJ Port Mahon, DE Reeds Beach, NJ * Construction initiated Hart Miller Island, MD * Sedge Island, NJ Cape May, NJ Cuddebackville, NY * Cooper River, NJ * Little Falls, MD Lincoln Park, NJ ( HTRW issues)

Poplar Island Chesapeake Bay, MD: 

Poplar Island Chesapeake Bay, MD Beneficial Use of Dredged Material From Baltimore Harbor Approach Channels to Create 1140 Acres of Remote Island Habitat Capacity: 38 Million Cubic Yards Project Cost: $427,000,000 Phase I Dike Construction Complete: March 2000 Phase II Dike Construction Start: May 20 00First Dredged Material Placement: September 2000Project completion: FY2022

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Baltimore District Little Falls Fish Passage Potomac River, MD 1 mile upstream of MD/DC border Opens 10 miles of Spawning Habitat Targets American Shad Cost $2,000,000 Completed Jan 2000 Coastal America Partnership Award

Sedge Islands Protection, Ocean County, NJ Section 204 of WRDA 92 (Ecosystem Restoration in Connection with Dredging): 

Sedge Islands Protection, Ocean County, NJ Section 204 of WRDA 92 (Ecosystem Restoration in Connection with Dredging) Located at Island Beach State Park, NJ Breach repair creates 19 acres of beach and dune habitat and protects 1,000 acres of tidal marsh and 14 acres of shallow water habitat. Cost $2,334,000 Under construction

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Cooper River Fish Ladder Located in Haddonfield, NJ Opens 4 miles of Spawning Habitat Targets Blueback Herring Cost: $150,000 Completed May 2000 Philadelphia District

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Smith Island, Chesapeake Bay, MD “SAVs, Wetlands, Land Loss”

Project Area: 

Project Area Martin Wildlife Refuge “SAVs/Wetlands Protection” Tylerton “Flood damage/ erosion Protection” Rhodes Point “Navigable Channel”

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Federal channel through Sheep Pen Gut Land Loss Illustration

Tangier Island, Chesapeake Bay“ Smith Island Issues”: 

Tangier Island, Chesapeake Bay “ Smith Island Issues”

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Villas Beach, NJ ”Horseshoe Crab Spawning Habitats , Tropical Migrants”

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Port Mahon, DE “Horse Shoe Crabs Spawning Habitat, Marsh Protection and Restoration,Tropical Migrants”

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REEDS BEACH, NJ “Horse Shoe Crab Spawning Habitat, Tropical Migrants”

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Reeds Beach Looking North

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Hart Miller Island: South Cell “Wetland/upland Ecosystem Development, 25-30 avian species”

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Lower Cape May Meadows Cape May Point Cape May City Cape May, NJ “Refuge Threatened”

Cuddybackville Dam“Fish Passage & Federally Endangered Draft Wedge Mussels”: 

Cuddybackville Dam “Fish Passage & Federally Endangered Draft Wedge Mussels”