Deschutes Estuary
left|400px|Existing conditions in 2024The Deschutes Estuary is in the cities of Olympia and Tumwater in Thurston County where the mouth of the Deschutes River enters Budd Inlet. The estuary became Capitol Lake with construction of the Fifth Avenue Dam in 1951. Developing a politically acceptable strategy for restoration of the estuary has been a long term effort. Percival Creek Watershed drains to the west side of the estuary. The historical Estuary could be defined to include several small tributaries in south Budd including Indian-Moxlie Creek Watershed, now buried and entering East Bay in a pipe, as well as Schneider Creek Watershed at West Bay. The Estuary is a MTCA cleanup site, part of the Puget Sound Initiative.
Relationships
- broader: urban;flood management;sea level rise
- located in: thurston county;city of olympia
- related to: 303(d) listing
- related to: Indigenous people
- related to: budd inlet
- related to: cereghino 2015 working buffers info sheet
- related to: city of everett
- related to: clamp 2009
- related to: dert
- related to: des
- related to: deschutes estuary restoration team
- related to: dungeness river
- related to: ecology
- related to: eurasian watermilfoill
- related to: mtca
- related to: psnerp
- related to: puget sound acquisition and restoration
- related to: pwa 2008
- related to: scatter creek watershed
- related to: steh’chass festival
- related to: thurston county
- related to: usace
- related to: washington state department of ecology