Dickinson Bayou Wetland Restoration Project

Project Description

This project created two marsh cells adjacent to highly eroding shorelines in Dickinson Bayou. The marsh cells were constructed with a berm and living shoreline structure by beneficially using approximately 130,000 cubic yards of existing materials borrowed from within the bayou to construct 3,000 linear feet of earthen clay berms and pump softer materials into two wetland containment areas until it consolidated and settled to appropriate elevations to support the healthy growth of emergent wetland plants. An additional 3,000 cubic yards of concrete rock material was used to protect the outer side slopes of the earthen berms and create a living shoreline breakwater to protect existing wetlands on the south side of the project area.