The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Philadelphia District completed dredging and placement operations in November of 2015 at Mordecai Island near Long Beach Island, N.J. USACE worked with the state and several non-profit organizations to dredge material from the federal channel of the New Jersey Intracoastal Waterway and beneficially use it to restore sections of the marsh. Barnegat Bay Dredging Company served as the contractor.