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Americas Coastline
Chesapeake Bay
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America's Coastlines
Like most areas in Chesapeake Bay, Wye Island suffers from the scourge oferosion as waves beat against the shoreline.
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Dead trees provide evidence of erosion problems on Wye Island.
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A large tree has a tenacious, if tenuous, hold on an eroding bank along SoloCreek, Wye Island.
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Rock revetment is used along one part of Wye Island to prevent further erosion.
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Hart-Miller Island, once two islands that nearly eroded into extinction, are now one. They are being regenerated and enlarged with dredge spoils from Baltimore Harbor. Recreation area on what is left of the original Miller's Island is popular with
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Hart-Miller Island, once two islands that nearly eroded into extinction, are now one. They are being regenerated and enlarged with dredge spoils from Baltimore Harbor. Recreation area on what is left of the original Miller's Island is popular with
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Hart-Miller Island, once two islands that nearly eroded into extinction, are now one. They are being regenerated and enlarged with dredge spoils from Baltimore Harbor.
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Hart-Miller Island, once two islands that nearly eroded into extinction, are now one. They are being regenerated and enlarged with dredge spoils from Baltimore Harbor.
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Hart-Miller Island, once two islands that nearly eroded into extinction, are now one. They are being regenerated and enlarged with dredge spoils from Baltimore Harbor.
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Hart-Miller Island, once two islands that nearly eroded into extinction, are now one. They are being regenerated and enlarged with dredge spoils from Baltimore Harbor.
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Hart-Miller Island, once two islands that nearly eroded into extinction, are now one. They are being regenerated and enlarged with dredge spoils from Baltimore Harbor.
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Hart-Miller Island, once two islands that nearly eroded into extinction, are now one. They are being regenerated and enlarged with dredge spoils from Baltimore Harbor.
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Erosion damage to a beach near Baltimore as a result of Hurricane Floyd.
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Erosion damage to Port Isobel Island as a result of Hurricane Floyd.
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Erosion damage to Port Isobel Island as a result of Hurricane Floyd.
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Oil containment boom placed in Swanson Creek, tributary to the Patuxent River,after oil spill at power generating plant.
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Clean-up area in Benedict as a result of the April 7th oil spill in SwansonCreek, a tributary of the Patuxent River.
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A small flock of domestic ducks near the area of the April 7th Swanson Creek oil spill. Fortunately, these birds were not affected at this time.
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A dead fish floats on the surface after the April 7th Swanson Creek oil spill.
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Oil globules mixed with heavy pollen from surrounding vegetation following theApril 7th Swanson Creek oil spill.
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