Crab Bank, an island in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, has been a critical nesting spot and refuge for birds for decades. But years of erosion, and then a brutal storm and high tide in 2018, washed much of island away, and the area went from supporting 5,000 nests yearly to zero. Local conservation groups, including 约炮视频 South Carolina, have discussed the need to restore Crab Bank for years, and in 2021 it finally happened. After a very busy fall in Charleston Harbor, this spring shorebirds will find 32-acres of brand new island around Crab Bank. Luck or chance were in Crab Bank’s favor when it came to its restoration, because when the island needed new sediment the most, the Charleston Harbor Deepening Project was also launched just a couple of miles away. That project, which will increase the depth of Charleston Harbor from 45 feet to 52 feet, has already removed nearly 40 million cubic yards of sediment. And what better place to put some of that dredged sediment...