Marsh creation from dredged material - a case study

The Interagency Coordination Team established by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, was charged with the oversight of a range of environmental issues attendant upon the proposed Houston-Galveston Navigation Channels, Texas Project. The Beneficial Uses Group was created in early 1990 as a subcommittee of the ICT with the assigned task to evaluate possible beneficial uses of dredged material and incorporate them into a dredged materials placement plan for the HGNC Project. The BUG's membership includes the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Natural Resource Conservation Service, National Marine Fisheries Service, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas General Land Office, and the Port of Houston Authority.