Smith Island Restoration
left|400px|dike removal from top to bottom, with channel re-connections along the way.
The Smith Island Restoration Project , led by Snohomish County is planning to restore tidal flow to approximately 326 acres of historical tidal marsh in the Snohomish Delta near the City of Everett. The site is bounded by Union Slough to the east and north, Interstate 5 to the west, and The City of Everett’s wastewater treatment plant and a City of Everett led mitigation and restoration site to the south. Start of construction is planned for 2014.
Snohomish County Project page County Video of First Tide File:Snohomish County 2020 smith and mid-spencer monitoring year 0-1.pdf - initial monitoring report.
Relationships
- broader: river deltas
- located in: snohomish
- related to: delta sediment dynamics and vegetation
- related to: effects of delta landscape connectivity on realized function for juvenile salmon
- related to: lead entity
- related to: noaa restoration center
- related to: skagit delta
- related to: snohomish county
- related to: the ecosystem guildsite steward apprenticeship
- related to: tidal channel reference model