Building, Developing, and Managing Dredged Material Islands for Bird Habitat

This note describes the environmental considerations and techniques that have been developed and tested for building, developing, and managing dredged material islands for use by birds for nesting and other life requirements. The text of this note was taken from lectures presented from 1979 to 1986...

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Main Authors: Landin, Mary C, Engler, Robert M
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
AQM00-11-3459
Biology
BIRDS
Civil Engineering
DREDGED MATERIALS
DREDGING
HABITATS
ISLANDS
Solid Wastes Pollution and Control
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Summary:This note describes the environmental considerations and techniques that have been developed and tested for building, developing, and managing dredged material islands for use by birds for nesting and other life requirements. The text of this note was taken from lectures presented from 1979 to 1986 at the Dredging Short Courses held each year by the Texas A&M University Center for Dredging Studies and from information compiled for Engineer Manual EM 1110-2-5026 entitled Beneficial Uses of Dredged Material.