| The Environmental Dredging and
Restoration Division was established to provide
services in the field of dredged material
management with an emphasis on planning, operation
of dredged material placement sites, environmental
monitoring and use of dredged material as a
natural resource.
MES has operated and maintained Hart-Miller
Island, Baltimore, MD, a 1140-acre man-made
dredged material containment facility since 1984.
The agency also operates the Poplar Island dredged material placement site for the Maryland
Port Administration.
Other services include planning, design, and
environmental studies regarding dredging needs and
placement options and tributary dredging projects
permitting support.
 The division also focuses much of its attention
on restoring the Chesapeake Bay through the
introduction of man-made reef systems. Called Reef
Balls, these specially designed cement structures
are lowered into the bay to help rebuild oyster
and fishing reefs that have disappeared for a
variety of reasons.
For More Information About Dredged
Material Placement:
Poplar
Island
Hart-Miller
Island
Cox
Creek
For More Information About Reef
Balls:
Maryland
Artificial Reefs and Reef Development
Magothy
River Reef Ball Project
Maryland's
Chesapeake Bay Fishing Reef Sites
Tiighman
Island Training and Demonstration
Tilghman
Island Production Pour
Annadale
High School Demonstration
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