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DREDGED SAND REUSE
In 2014, New Jersey reused 7,000 cubic yards of dredged sand at Ring Island; the new nesting ground was later used by 4 threatened or at-risk shorebird species- In 2015, New Jersey pumped 30,000 cubic yards of dredged mud into a breach splitting Mordecai Island; the project rejoined the island and rebuilt nesting habitat
- In 2006, engineers reused 250,000 cubic yards of dredged sand to restore Elders Point East in Jamaica Bay. 10 years later, the approach had restored 40 acres of wetlands and helped reverse marsh-island erosion
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