The Anacostia East Wetland Mitigation project is one of the largest and most complicated environmental mitigation sites ever built by the Maryland State Highway Administration. The site is part of the overall Woodrow Wilson Bridge Project’s $50 million environmental mitigation program, a program designed to restore aquatic habitat in the mid-Potomac River watershed. The $8 million Anacostia East project is located in Prince George’s County, Maryland, near the Washington D.C. line. The project was a joint effort among numerous transportation and environmental agencies from the federal, state, and local levels. The focal point of this unique project was the removal and replacement of a circa 1950 un-regulated landfill with a new 20 acre plus tidal wetland created adjacent to the Anacostia River. The project’s overriding goal was to create functional tidal wetlands along the Anacostia River to serve three main purposes: (1) provide valuable aquatic habitat for birds and fish, (2) satisfy tidal wetland mitigation requirements for the WWB Bridge project, and (3) provide future educational and recreational opportunities for the public at this M-NCPPC park. The Anacostia River trail will be expanded from nearby Bladensburg Marina and Waterfront Park, through the Anacostia East Wetland site, and farther south to meet up with the Mt. Vernon Trail system via the Woodrow Wilson Bridge. This challenging project is an example of what can be successfully accomplished in an urban environmental mitigation setting.