• Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve Commissioner Order 2011 (89KB PDF)
• Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve Management Plan 2011 (4MB PDF)

Implementation Committee information
The Nisqully Reach Aquatic Reserve Implementation Committee assists DNR Aquatic Reserves Program staff in developing recommendations for the management of the reserve.

• Nisqually Reach Aquatic Reserve Implementation Committee Members
• Implementation Committee Charter
• Implementation Committee Meeting Agenda: June 26, 2012
• Implementation Committee Meeting Minutes: June 26, 2012

Monitoring
DNR is working with the Nisqually Tribe’s Salmon Recovery Program and other partners to assess the fish ecology in the reserve and surrounding area. The results of the assessment will help determine where to focus future restoration efforts. In addition, the data will provide a unique regional analysis of fish ecology in the reserve.

The tribe is the assessment project lead and the partners are:

• Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge
• Nisqually Reach Nature Center
• Nisqually River Foundation
• U.S. Geological Survey
• DNR’s Aquatic Reserves Program

This partnership has helped to expand current assessment and research efforts in the Nisqually River and Nisqually Reach to include sampling stations within the reserve ranging from Tolmie State Park to McNeil Island.

• View a map of the monitoring sites (2.9 MB PDF, courtesy of the Nisqually Indian Tribe)
• View photos of fish sampling

Monitoring near the Nisqually Reach Reserve

• Poster: Response of Fish Distributions and Benthic Habitats to Nisqually Delta Restoration
  The Nisqually River delta became the site of the largest estuary restoration project in Puget Sound when tidal inundation was returned to 750 acres of the delta by dike removal in 2009. The US Geologic Survey and the Nisqually Indian Tribe are conducting multidisciplinary monitoring of the ecosystem's response to these changes.  

Get Involved
Want to help with the fish ecology assessment monitoring project? Contact the Nisqually Reach Nature Center at 360-459-0387 for more information about how to volunteer.