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Chesapeake Bay Diamond Shoal Project. This project was for the purpose ofmapping oyster habitat for the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. Thiscontinued a function of the Coast Survey that began in the 1870's with mappingthe oyster beds of Maryland, Virginia and many of the eastern seaboard and GulfCoast states.
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Historic Coast & Geodetic Survey