nisqually national wildlife refuge complex
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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. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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 !