Washington: The Last Dikes Coming Down Along Nisqually Estuary

Washington: The Last Dikes Coming Down Along Nisqually Estuary   This summer the Nisqually Indian Tribe is removing more than a mile of dike along the Nisqually River, allowing it to migrate naturally for the first time in a century.   Removal of the 6,670 feet of dike is the last major dike removal project in the Nisqually estuary and caps more than decade of estuary restoration. Since 1999, the Nisqually Tribe and the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge have removed over 10,000 feet of dikes...

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