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Dredged Material Islands in Baptiste Collette Attract 74 Bird Species

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Dredged Material Islands in Baptiste Collette Attract 74 Bird Species

August 6, 2024

A team from the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) has reported that between 2021 and 2023 breeding surveys recorded 160,970 cumulative detections of 74 species of birds… Read More

WEDA Gulf Coast Chapter Hosts Annual Meeting In New Orleans From Norma Jean Mattei’s presentation at the WEDA Gulf Coast chapter meeting: two satellite views of the Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers, one from June 5, 2018 (low water, left), and the other from May 7, 2019 (high water, right).

From Norma Jean Mattei’s presentation at the WEDA Gulf Coast chapter meeting: two satellite views of the Mississippi, Missouri and Illinois rivers, one from June 5, 2018 (low water, left), and the other from May 7, 2019 (high water, right).

WEDA Gulf Coast Chapter Hosts Annual Meeting In New Orleans

November 28, 2022

The Gulf Coast chapter of the Western Dredging Association (WEDA) held its annual meeting in New Orleans November 7–9. Donald Hayes, also known as “the dredging professor,” presented his Dredging… Read More

Gunn Island Is Beneficial-Use Success Story Gunn Island, built 8 feet high, provides more secure habitat than some of the nearby islands. (Photo by P.J. Hahn)

Gunn Island, built 8 feet high, provides more secure habitat than some of the nearby islands. (Photo by P.J. Hahn)

Gunn Island Is Beneficial-Use Success Story

September 18, 2020

Mariners and anglers lucky enough to have visited the Chandeleur Sound by way of Baptiste Collette late this summer likely beheld an island of avian wonder as they left the… Read More