Funds and project efforts will be redirected toward the construction of a substitute restoration project on the Parsons property. The City of Tacoma was originally planning to develop a marsh and wildlife habitat restoration project on 9.9 acres of property in the Tacoma tideflats
between Taylor Way and Alexander Avenue, near the Hylebos
and Blair Waterways. Design objectives included enhancing
intertidal area for juvenile salmonid migration,establishing
marsh vegetation, and protecting the site for natural
resources.
Restoration Activities
Site of original restoration
project. July 2002. (Photo courtesy of J. O'Loughlin,
City of Tacoma)
Activities associated with site habitat restoration
were to include creating open water habitat for wetland dependent
species; removing invasive species; planting riparian
vegetation; providing a permanent source of water for
the wetland areas; and preserving on-site forested wetlands.
Habitat restoration activities are designed to create
additional wetland habitat and a better link to somewhat
isolated forested wetland environments in order to provide
a continuous complex of freshwater and wildlife habitat.
The project goal was to develop and enhance open water, emergent,
and riparian freshwater habitat in order to promote the
habitat values associated with these freshwater wetland
systems, including nesting, refuge and feeding opportunities
for a variety of avian species.
FUNDING
The City of Tacoma was to fund this project under the settlement. Those funds will be redirected toward the construction of a restoration project on the Parsons property.
