NLT Powell Creek Protected Lands along the Nisqually River
2025 Conservation Highlights
- Protected: 144 acres in the Nisqually Watershed; over 10,000 acres protected to date
- Contributed: More than 2,000 hours by over 200 volunteers. Volunteers help with planting, removal of non-native plants & noxious weeds, major events, and more.
- Participated: Over 1,200 students visited and helped steward Land Trust properties
- Planted: 5,375 native trees and shrubs; over 425,000 native plants installed on NLT Protected Lands to date
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 over 78 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.