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  • March

    SAVANNAH, GA. - Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District visit the dredged material containment area 1S on the Savannah River, Georgia on Feb. 23. The Corps is in the early process of restoring 29 acres of saltmarsh at DMCA 1S as part of the mitigation requirements for the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project.

    Joint project begins process to restore Savannah saltmarsh habitat

    SAVANNAH, Ga. – Members of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah and Jacksonville Districts began collaborating in February on a restoration project at the Dredged Material Containment Area 1S, located on the Savannah River near Port Wentworth, Georgia, as part of the mitigation requirements associated with the Savannah Harbor Expansion Project.

  • July

    Black-necked stilts gather near the water's edge at the newly-constructed bird island, located at the Savannah Harbor Dredged Material Containment Area 12A, May 30, 2014.

    New Savannah bird island home to hundreds of nests this season

    To some people, a dredge disposal area might not seem very exciting—but to thousands of shorebirds it’s a safe haven, providing beneficial habitat and protected nesting sites.