In this interview, Becky Gwenn, a Virginia Department Wildlife Resources Deputy Director explains bird tagging and the collaborative efforts between her organization and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Norfolk District to ensure a huge and diverse population of birds keeps its local breeding grounds despite increased construction in the Hampton Roads area surrounding their habitat. She further explains plans to use dredged material for the construction of an entirely new habit for them. The birds currently nesting at Fort Wool represent nearly half of the entire population of these species within the territory of Virginia and they nest in very few other places within the commonwealth. Currently, USACE and VDWR are also working together to find construct another suitable location for these birds made from dredged material removed from the Norfolk Harbor and Chesapeake bay. In this video, VDWR is conducting bird tagging in order to track the movement and growth of the laughing gull species.

Andrew Willey, a forester with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District, discusses some of the less than obvious aspects of forest management with natural resource specialist Alicia Palmer and forester Glenn Werner from U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District as they take a tour of the Raystown Lake forest management sites to check progress. Forest management differs from de-forestation in that the latter refers to the permanent removal (burning and cutting) of forest stands. In this video, these professionals show how forest management focuses on young forest growth, promotes tree species diversity and monitors the impact of this process on local wildlife.

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the United States and Thalia Creek is one of more than one-hundred thousand creeks and rivers that flow into it. In attempts to decrease the impact of urbanization and restore what is a natural habitat to an abundance of wildlife, the City of Virginia Beach and Va. Beach Public Schools Partnered with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in what is known as the Lynnhaven River Basin Ecosystem Restoration Project. This video explains the goals of the project and how the return of certain species to the area after restoration indicates improved conditions for everyone that enjoys what this watershed has to offer.