The city of Tacoma will 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. Activities associated with site habitat restoration 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 onsite forested wetlands. Habitat restoration activities are designed to create both additional wetland habitat and a better link to somewhat isolated, forested wetland environments to provide a continuous complex of freshwater and wildlife habitat. The project goal is to develop and enhance open-water, emergent, and riparian freshwater habitat, and to promote the habitat values associated with these freshwater wetland systems, including nesting, refuge, and feeding opportunities for a variety of avian species.

Restoration Activities

Restoration activities have not yet begun.