Poplar Island Ecosystem Restoration Project Tour

Join us for a “three-hour-tour” of the island to learn about engineering and environmental aspects of what has become an international model for the beneficial use of dredged material.

Project Summary

Poplar Island is an environmental restoration located in Talbot County, Maryland. The beneficial use project relies on dredged material collected from the approach channels to the Baltimore Harbor to restore lost remote island habitat within the Chesapeake Bay.

USACE and MDOT MPA set out to achieve three goals:

1. Restore remote island habitat within the mid-chesapeake bay.
2. Optimize the placement capacity for sediment dredged from shipping channels.
3. Cause no harm to the environment around the restoration site.

lick here to learn more about the project.

Continuing Education Credit Learning Objectives

• Indentify engineering principals for beneficial uses of dredged materials.
• Learn about restoration practices of remote island habitat.
• Understand water quality monitoring.
• Learn how to design for promotion and monitoring of species diversity.