The restoration of the Nisqually River and adjacent salt marshes is doing much more than dramatically improving native salmon habitat. It is also illustrating how nature can repair itself with the right, science-based, sustainable approach.

The project is restoring the river from top to bottom. Starting at the source in the glaciers of Mount Rainier to the estuary that empties into Puget Sound, the project hopes to replenish the river once filled with abundant, magnificent wild salmon.

The restored marshlands provide new places for young salmon to shelter, grow and thrive.

Trout Headwaters not only applauds the project’s goals and techniques, we strongly identify with them and use this approach in many of our own projects. We know a healthy river ecosystem does not stop at the high-water mark.

Watch this episode of Saving the Ocean with Carl Safina to see how reconnecting floodplains with rivers improves habitat for everyone.

Video link: http://chedd-angier.com/savingtheocean/Season1/Episode6.html