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2019 Conservation Highlights
- Protected: 181 acres and 1.8 miles of riparian shoreline; 7,561 acres protected to date
- Contributed: 2,394 hours by 281 volunteers
- Participated: 709 students, who used Land Trust properties as outdoor classrooms
- Planted: 21,933 native trees and shrubs; total plantings to date: 317,350
- Removed: 62 acres of invasive weeds
Nisqually Facts
- 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 trout.
- All told, the Land Trust and its watershed partners have permanently protected 76 percent of the mainstem Nisqually River’s 84 shoreline miles.
- Threatened and at-risk species found in the watershed include Chinook salmon, steelhead trout, northern spotted owls, marbled murrelets, bald eagles, northern goshawks, pileated woodpeckers and peregrine falcons.
