50 | ![thumbnail picture](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20081011222439im_/http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/ths/r0000249.jpg) |
A view of the radio tower on the east end of East Timbalier Island. |
East Timbalier Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana July 2000 |
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Open water surrounds East Timbalier Island. |
East Timbalier Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana July 2000 |
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A dramatic image shows the delivery of sediment to East Timbalier Island. |
East Timbalier Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana July 2000 |
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This image shows the effect the sediment is having at East Timbalier island. The original footprint of the island is slowly being rebuilt. |
East Timbalier Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana July 2000 |
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The hydraulic dredge, the beach builder. |
East Timbalier Island, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana July 2000 |
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Roger Griffis of NOAA assists in the clean-up at Ft. McHenry, MD. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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NOAA volunteers plant smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Livingston Marshall of Morgan State University removes Phragmites australis, a non-native invasive species. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Removal of trash at Ft. McHenry, this site is a created wetland, the rip rap around the border was placed to stabilize the area. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Glenn Page, the Conservation Director for the National Aquarium in Baltimore, instructs volunteers in planting techniques and in using a dibble. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Glenn Page instructing volunteers in the art of wetland planting techniques at Ft. McHenry. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Volunteers at Ft McHenry collect and remove bags of trash collected at the restoration site. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Glenn Page gives a lesson in water quality monitoring. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Roger Griffis of NOAA takes a break from the work. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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NOAA volunteers and Morgan State University students plant smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora, at the Ft. McHenry site. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Margaret McCalla of NOAA cleans trash off the beach at Ft. McHenry, MD. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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June Gupton, a volunteer, cleans the shoreline at the Ft. McHenry site. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Volunteers plant the Spartina alterniflora seedlings in the dried salt marsh. Most of the plantings done here were in the intertidal zone. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Glenn Page and a group of volunteers plant Spartina alterniflora in the intertidal zone at Ft. McHenry, MD. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Glenn Page instructs volunteers in planting techniques. Scott Gudes of NOAA is in the background. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Penny Dalton, former Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries, cleans trash and debris from the rip rap around the perimeter of the wetlands at Ft McHenry. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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NOAA volunteers clean and remove trash from the rip rap. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Abby Meador, a volunteer, takes an inventory of the trash collected at Ft. McHenry. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland Spring 1999 |
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A view looking from Ft. McHenry across the Patapsco River. This ten-acre wetland was created at the base of the Fort McHenry. The marsh here is inundated by full tide. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Volunteers plant Spartina alterniflora at Ft. Mc Henry. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Scott Gudes of NOAA prepares to plant at the Ft. Mc Henry site. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Glenn Page carries a tray of S.alterniflora seedlings to the planting site. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Scott Gudes and Becky Allee of NOAA walk walk through the restoration site. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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A volunteer hauls trash removed from the site. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4. 2000 |
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Volunteers prepare to plant at the site. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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Penny Dalton searches for trash during the collection phase of the restoration. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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A group of volunteers plant at the Ft. Mc Henry site. |
Ft. McHenry, Inner Harbor Baltimore, Maryland April 4, 2000 |
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The reefs off Mona Island are the resting grounds for many ships. The wreck in the image is the M/V El Alborada, grounded offshore of Pajaros on Mona Island in in 1980. |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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Looking from the restoration site facing northeast at the tip of Mona Island are the cliffs. At the east end of the island is an old lighthouse. |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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Looking out at the M/V El Alborada from inside the cliffs at Mona Island at the east end of the island. |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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Looking from the cliffs at Playa de Pajaros. The restoration site is to the right in the photograph. |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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The limestone cliffs at Mona Island |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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The shaded variations in the water illustrate the patch reefs common at Mona Island. The breaking waves show the beginning of the main reef framework. |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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Facing south, a cliff face near the restoration site |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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An entrance to the caves and cliffs at Mona Island |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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From the water, a prominent cliff face of Mona Island |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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Mona Island as seen from offshore |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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The craggy face of a cliff at Mona Island |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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The road down to the only existing housing at Mona Island leads to the staging and docking areas for the restoration workers. |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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Sunset over the water at Mona Island |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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In the foreground, the camp and dock areas used to transport supplies to and from the reef. |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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A large spiny lobster, Panulirus interruptus, taken from the reef at Mona Island. |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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The Jamilie anchors in calm waters. |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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In the foreground, John Iliff, the NOAA project manager for the restoration at Mona Island prepares to dive. |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |
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A restoration worker uses a marine radio on board the Cunan Law to prepare for a site visit. |
Mona Island, Puerto Rico Summer, 1997 |