This sinuous section of Drift Creek rolls through the floodplain near head of tide. Sample site is in an agrarian landscape just upstream of a section of the important Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
"Established in 1991 with a donation of 46 acres of tidal salt marsh, the purpose of this refuge is to protect and enhance estuarine fish and wildlife resources and their habitats.
"Now encompassing 568 acres, Siletz Bay features salt marsh, brackish marsh, tidal sloughs, mudflats, and coniferous and deciduous forestland. The refuge provides nursery grounds for Coho and Chinook Salmon, Steelhead and Cutthroat Trout, and other anadromous species. The primary ecological goal for the refuge is to allow the salt marsh to return to its natural state of twice-daily tidal inundation."
Learn More at: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/siletz_bay/
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This sinuous section of Drift Creek rolls through the floodplain near head of tide. Sample site is in an agrarian landscape just upstream of a section of the important Siletz Bay National Wildlife Refuge.
"Established in 1991 with a donation of 46 acres of tidal salt marsh, the purpose of this refuge is to protect and enhance estuarine fish and wildlife resources and their habitats.
"Now encompassing 568 acres, Siletz Bay features salt marsh, brackish marsh, tidal sloughs, mudflats, and coniferous and deciduous forestland. The refuge provides nursery grounds for Coho and Chinook Salmon, Steelhead and Cutthroat Trout, and other anadromous species. The primary ecological goal for the refuge is to allow the salt marsh to return to its natural state of twice-daily tidal inundation."
Learn More at: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/siletz_bay/
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