A dredge performs maintenance work in the Mobile Harbor, Mobile, Alabama, June 4, 2025. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, looks for ways to use dredged sediment to restore sediment-starved marshes in Mobile Bay. (Courtesy photo)

Six 3-D printed oyster reefs sit waiting to be deployed into Mobile Bay in Coden, Alabama, July 9, 2026. The reefs were made from dredged sediment and printed out on a 3-D printer by the USACE Engineer Research and Development Center and brought to Mobile to help the oyster habitat in the Mobile Bay. (U.S. Army photo by Keesha Robinson)

A dredge performs maintenance work in the Mobile Harbor, Mobile, Alabama, June 3, 2025. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, looks for ways to use dredged sediment to restore sediment-starved marshes in Mobile Bay. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers park rangers observe as students paint bee boxes during a pollinator outreach event at White Oak Elementary School in Sugar Hill, Georgia, March 23, 2026. The event connected classroom science lessons with real-world learning about pollinators, conservation, and natural resource stewardship. (Courtesy photo)

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District Realty Specialist Matt Tate, poses, left to right, with his daughter Aubrie, his son Ty and his wife Misty in the sanctuary of Jubilee Baptist Church, Daphne, Alabama, April 5, 2026. Tate said his faith and his family has always supported him and provided him the inspiration to be the best he can be. (Courtesy photo)