Description: Each point in Upcoming Dredging represents a navigational channel that has been funded for dredging through the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Waterway Improvement Fund. The layer is updated annually to incorporate newly funded dredging projects.
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Description: Each point in Potential Restoration Projects represents a shoreline identified by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Center for Habitat Restoration and Conservation that could benefit from restoration. The layer is updated continuously to incorporate newly identified restoration opportunities.
Description: Each point in Lost Islands represents the footprint of a lost island. Restoration of these islands would provide environmental benefits, such as nesting habitat for endangered colonial waterbirds.
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Description: Buffers around Dredging Projects provide two and four mile radii around the Upcoming Dredging projects. Two and four miles are the distances that dredged material can be reasonably hydraulically dredged based on the financial constraints of pumping the material.
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