This salt marsh area, which has developed on a peninsula between Kennedy and Schneider Creeks, is a diverse, good quality remnant of a larger tidal river marsh that includes a large area of tideflats, portions of two stream channels, and an area of upland forest which shelters the marsh.  The preserve currently totals 164 acres and provides important habitat for wildlife, particularly shorebirds.  Several important salmon runs return to the preserve's sheltered estuary, where they school and wait to mature and ripen eggs before spawning upstream in Kennedy Creek.  A Kennedy Creek NAP Fact Sheet is available.  (Mason and Thurston Counties)