James Island
Dredged material from shipping channels in the Chesapeake Bay may also be used to restore James Island, as part of the Mid-Bay Island Restoration Project. James Island, located at the mouth of the Little Choptank River, had eroded to three tiny fragments. The project's plans call for adding to James Island with dredged material in order to restore the island to its historic footprint. Work on James Island depends upon the project's inclusion in federal grants for the Water Resources Development Act, however, and funding had not yet been approved as of March 2011.