In the 1930s, Texas built 3 bird-nesting islands from dredged mud; all vanished, but one rebuilt 4.5-acre island now hosts more than 2,500 nesting pairs

Dickinson Bay lost its charm over the decades. The small estuarine pocket on Galveston Bay's western shore once hosted thriving colonies of waterbirds on three dredged islands.

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