The Greenhill/East Timbalier pipe depositing dredge material in foreground -- Greenhill Petroleum facility on East Timbalier Island in background

The Greenhill/East Timbalier dredge -- dredging in a channel to build new land for marsh habitat.

Greenhill Petroleum facility on East Timbalier Island

The Greenhill/East Timbalier dredged material -- new land created to left of rock levee.

The Greenhill/East Timbalier dredged material inside of temporary levee to right -- dredged material dries to create new land.

The Greenhill/East Timbalier dredged material coming out of pipe inside of levees -- will dry to form new land.

The Greenhill/East Timbalier dredging operation -- walking on newly created land . When it dries it will become marsh land.

The Greenhill/East Timbalier dredge flow into natural marsh. Existing marsh will recover if not buried too deeply.

The Greenhill/East Timbalier above ground waste pit associated with petroleum facility.

New land created by dredging operation will be planted with Spartina alterniflora, smooth cordgrass.

New land created by dredging operation behind temporary levee will be planted with Spartina alterniflora, smooth cordgrass, to form a new marsh area.

The Greenhill/East Timbalier dredging operation -- bucket dredge scooping material from channel which will be sent by pipe to the marsh creation site.

The Greenhill/East Timbalier dredge deposition -- backhoe is used to move pipe to evenly distribute the dredge material.

The Greenhill/East Timbalier dredge deposition -- backhoe is used to move pipe to evenly distribute the dredge material. Workers walking over new land.

The Greenhill/East Timbalier levee maintenance

The Greenhill/East Timbalier workers bringing plants into dredge area. Spartina alterniflora was planted by hand to create new marsh.

The Greenhill/East Timbalier newly created marsh with just planted Spartina alterniflora. Although plants look brown, they thrived after rainfall.

The Greenhill/East Timbalier newly created marsh with just planted Spartina alterniflora. Although plants look brown, they thrived after rainfall.

The Greenhill/East Timbalier newly created marsh with just planted Spartina alterniflora. Jackup oil rigs in the open Gulf of Mexico in the distance.

Felix's Restaurant, showing the old French decorative ironwork

The Maine Maritime Museum

Fishing heritage used to add atmosphere to a development

A Memorial to Fishermen.

A Memorial to Fishermen.

A Memorial to Fishermen.

Maine celebrates its fishing and maritime heritage on its license plates

Maine is known for its rocky shoreline

Rocks, seashells, sand, and seaweed

Mussel shells and seaweed on a Maine beach.

The fishermen's pier

Views along the coast

Seaweed, foam, and a rocky beach

The exquisite workmanship of master lensmakers helped illuminate our coast. This Fresnel Lens can be viewed at the Hooper Strait Lighthouse at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.

A section of the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum at St. Michael's, Maryland.

Vessels of the ChesapeakeMaritime Museum at St. Michael's with the Hooper Strait Lighthouse in the background.

Grass, shells and docks along Tilghman Island.

Wind patterns in the grass at the south end of Tilghman Island.

Flowers, grasses, and sea oats at the south end of Tilghman Island.

Rock seawall to mitigate erosion and driftwood at the south end of Tilghman Island.

Rock seawall to mitigate erosion at the south end of Tilghman Island.

Sailing oyster dredger and statehouse on a cold morning in Annapolis.

Part of the Chesapeake Bay oyster dredging fleet with statehouse in the back ground.

Sailing oyster dredgers drying their sails alongside the dock.

Sailing oyster dredgers drying their sails alongside the dock.

Sailing oyster dredgers drying their sails alongside the dock.

Sailing oyster dredgers drying their sails alongside the dock.

Sailing oyster dredgers drying their sails alongside the dock.

A sailing oyster dredger underway on Chesapeake Bay.

Advertising tourist trips on a sailing oyster dredger.

A Chesapeake Bay sailing oyster dredger at the dock.