Nooksack Delta
The full historical extent of the Nooksack Delta includes both the river mouth into Bellingham Bay, and the Red River or Indian River distributary to the west of the Lummi Reservation Uplands. This west distributary is no relatively disconnected from the river except at flood flow, and a large area of the tidal flats have been converted into the Lummi Fish Pond. Compared to other large river estuaries to the South, the Nooksack is relatively intact. Upstream, the mainstem Nooksack River divides into the North Fork Nooksack Floodplain and the South Fork Nooksack near the Town of Deming and the reservation of the Nooksack Tribe A large portion of the estuary is in the reservation of the Lummi Nation. Large scale restoration of the delta was considered by the PSNERP study, and would. The Lummi is actively involved in restoration and mitigation banking in tidal wetlands on the Lummi River distributary.
Relationships
- related to: bellingham bay
- related to: haskell slough restoration
- related to: lummi nation
- related to: nooksack tribe
- related to: north fork nooksack floodplain
- related to: psnerp
- related to: puget sound acquisition and restoration
- related to: town of deming
- related to: whatcom conservation district