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  Building a dune and berm system to reduce storm damage, Long Beach Island, NJ, USA (Photo by NAP).
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  Bird count at an island constructed of dredged sediment, near Savannah Harbor, USA (Photo by SAS).
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  Lagoon created at Deer Island in the Mississippi Sound, USA (Photo by SAM).
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  Oriental Bay Foreshore Restoration using NNBF, Wellington, New Zealand (Photo by Tonkin & Taylor).
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  Restored fringing marsh and accreted sediment, Hamilton Wetlands, USA (Photo by SPN).
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  Mud Motor- used to develop salt marshes, Wadden Sea, Netherlands (Photo by Martin Baptist).
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  Marsh mounds via stormwater, Sears Point Wetland Restoration, USA (Photo by Sonoma Land Trust).
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  Coastal protection and creation of habitat, Blackwater Refuge, USA (Photo by ERDC).
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  Engineered marsh habitat by placement of dredged sediment, West Bay, LA, USA (Photo by MVN).
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  Sand Motor- management of a dynamic coastline, Netherlands (Photo by Rijkswaterstaat Joop van Houdt).
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  Applying sandy substrate for salt marshes, Port of Delfzijl, Netherlands (Photo by Petra Dankers).
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  A bird island constructed of dredged sediment, Evia Island, TX, USA (Photo by SWG).
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  An island chain in Green Bay constructed of dredged sediment, Cat Island Chain, WI, USA (Photo by LRE).
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  Redistribution of berm sediment onto low-lying islands, Chandeleur Island chain, LA, USA (Photo by USGS).
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  Oesterdam sand nourishment project, Eastern Scheldt tidal basin, Netherlands (Photo by Edwin Paree).
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  Restored river, wetland, and oak savanna habitats, Eugene Field Park, IL, USA (Photo by LRC).
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  Reconnecting sustainable habitat along the Chicago River, Horner Park, IL, USA (Photo by LRC).
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  Construction of bioretention cells, Springhouse Run, Washington DC, USA (Photo by ERDC).
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  Run-off attenuation features, Belford Burn stream, Northumberland, England (Photo by Nicolas Barber).
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  Medmerry Managed Realignment Scheme created intertidal habitat, England (Photo by EA).
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  Restored bank and engineered log jams, Kootenai River near Libby Dam, MT, USA (Photo by NWS).
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  Restored geomorphology and hydrologic connections, Lower Boulder Creek, CO, USA (Photo by NWO).
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  Installing logs with root wads to provide refuge for juvenile salmon, Skagit River, WA, USA (Photo by NWS).
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  Sandy foreshore dike reinforcement, Houtrib Dike Pilot Project, Netherlands (Photo by Jurriaan Brobbel).
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  Habitat improvement during a reinforcement project, Sint-Annaland, Netherlands (Photo by Edwin Paree).
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  Design of barrier structure and fish passage facility, Mud Mountain Dam, WA, USA (Photo by NWS).
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  Dredge California near the river island at Horseshoe Bend, lower Atchafalaya River, LA
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  NBBF international guidelines collaboration, Chesapeake Bay, MD
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  Tern nesting habitat, Ashtabula Harbor Breakwater, Ashtabula, OH
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  Cleveland Harbor Green Breakwater, Cleveland, OH
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  The Nature Conservancy’s artificial reef, Coffee Island, Portersville Bay, AL
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  The Nature Conservancy’s reef balls, Coffee Island, Portersville Bay, AL
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  The Nature Conservancy’s oyster reef using bagged shell, Coffee Island, Portersville Bay, AL
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  EWN steering committee meeting, ERDC-EL, Vicksburg, MS
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  EWN steering committee meeting breakout, ERDC-EL, Vicksburg, MS
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  Notched dike at Redman Point-Loosahatchie Bar Environmental Project, Mississippi River, Memphis, TN
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  Collaboration at Redman Point-Loosahatchie Bar Environmental Project, Mississippi River, Memphis, TN
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  EWN workshop group, Galveston, TX
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  MacDill Air Force Base Oyster Reef Shoreline Stabilization Project, Tampa, FL
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  MacDill Air Force Base Oyster Reef Shoreline Stabilization Project, Tampa, FL
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  Milwaukee Harbor Breakwater Fish Habitat Demonstration Project, Milwaukee, WI
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  USACE Philadelphia District thin layer placement, Mordecai Island, NJ
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  Braddock Bay Ecosystem Restoration Project, Lake Ontario, Greece, NY
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  Savannah Harbor Expansion Project, Bird Island, Jasper County, SC
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  Swift Tract Oyster Reef Breakwaters, Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge, Baldwin County, AL
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  Thin layer placement, Mordecai Island, NJ

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