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- Habitat protected by the Nisqually Land Trust
- Recent property acquisitions and current restoration projects.
Habitat owned in fee simple: 1638 acres
Habitat acquired in 2006: 765 acres
Shoreline protected: 8.75 miles
Habitat protected in partnership: 406 acres
The Nisqually is the only river in the country with its headwaters protected by a National Park and its delta protected by a National Wildlife Refuge.
The Nisqually is home to five native salmon species: Chinook, coho, chum, and pink salmon and steelhead.
All told, the Land Trust and its watershed partners have permanently protected 71 percent of the river’s salmon-producing shoreline
Threatened and at-risk species found in the watershed include Chinook salmon, steelhead, northern spotted owls, marbled murrelets, bald eagles, northern goshawks, pileated woodpeckers and peregrine falcons.
Map courtesy of the Nisqually Indian Tribe's Department of Natural Resources.