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Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge Complex

Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge

Another Puget Sound River Delta

Source: Nisqually Indian Tribe. Nisqually Watershed Detailed Implementation Plan, February 2007. 25pp.

Norm Dicks Visitor Center & Administrative Building

Education Center

Nisqually Estuary Boardwalk

Photo: WA State Historical Society

Dike Construction (Agricultural Conversion)

1904 ~ 1910+

Lost Tidal Channel Habitat at the Refuge

Actions Implemented 2008/2009

July 2009

Source: USDA NAIP

May 4, 2013

• Aerial Photography and Remote Sensing

• Photodocumentation

• Hydrology

• Water Quality

• Geomorphology

• Elevation

• Sedimentation

Restoration Monitoring Componentsabiotic factors

Photos: USGS, USFWS

Restoration Monitoring Componentsbiotic factors

• Vegetation

• Birds

• Invertebrates

• Fish

Photos: USGS, Nisqually Tribe

Let’s get outside !


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