In 2013, Maryland restored Fishing Battery Island in the northern Chesapeake Bay using sediment placed around the remains of the historic man-made island. The project, carried out by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, restored 12 acres of intertidal and upland habitat and included planting 60,000 native plants. The sediment was 95% medium-grained sand and was used to create a U-shaped berm designed to reach 7 feet above Mean Lower Low Water. Ten years later, much of the island’s designed footprint remained, with surviving switchgrass and trees that had naturally established across parts of the site.
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