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Justin Callahan, project manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, walks over crusted soil in the crust management area of the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay near Talbot County, Maryland, July 12, 2012. Crust management is one of several steps to "building" a marsh. (Mary F. Calvert/MCT)
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Environmental Specialist, Megan Garrett, 26, walks over crusted soil in the crust management area of the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay near Talbot County, Maryland, July 12, 2012. Crust management is one of several steps to "building" a marsh. (Mary F. Calvert/MCT)
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Troy Muffley, 19, of Patuxent River Park, holds osprey chicks to be banded and released, July 12, 2012, as part of the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay near Talbot County, Maryland. (Mary F. Calvert/MCT)
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Kate George, 24, from Patuxent River Park, holds an osprey chick to be weighed, banded and released, July 12, 2012, as part of the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay near Talbot County, Maryland. (Mary F. Calvert/MCT)
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Greg Kearns, from Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, bands the leg of an osprey chick, July 12, 2012, as part of the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay near Talbot County, Maryland. (Mary F. Calvert/MCT)
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Troy Muffley, 19, from Patuxent River Park, left and right, Greg Kearns, from Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, hold osprey chicks to be banded and released, July 12, 2012, as part of the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay near Talbot County, Maryland. (Mary F. Calvert/MCT)
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Troy Muffley, 19, from Patuxent River Park, left and right, Greg Kearns, from Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission, hold osprey chicks to be banded and released, July 12, 2012, as part of the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay near Talbot County, Maryland. (Mary F. Calvert/MCT)
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A pumping station is seen perched on the edge of marsh grass that was hand-planted as part of the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay near Talbot County, Maryland. (Mary F. Calvert/MCT)
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A marsh undergoes tests, July 12, 2012, as part of the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay near Talbot County, Maryland. (Mary F. Calvert/MCT)
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Ohio University students Renee Harding, 20, and Paul Converse, 24, track a turtle using sonar that they released into a marsh as part of the Paul S. Sarbanes Ecosystem Restoration Project at Poplar Island in the Chesapeake Bay near Talbot County, Maryland, July 12, 2012. (Mary F. Calvert/MCT)
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