Purchase 626 acres on Crims and Walker Islands and restore tidal emergent marsh and riparian forest habitat by enhancing tidal channels to provide juvenile salmonid rearing/ foraging habitat and to achieve the recovery of the Columbian white-tailed deer.Reslope ditch to natural contours to reduce erosion and encourage growth of stabilizing emergent marsh and upland vegetation. Reconnect deadend backwater to uppermost side channel to improve flows and circulation to allow for easier access and egress by juvenile salmonids and to increase detrital export to the mainstem Columbia River.Reconnect and enhance 7,000 lineal feet of sinuous subtidal channels throughout restoration site. Includes reconnection of two inlets to improve flows and access by juvenile salmonids . Enhance 75 acres of intertidal marsh; remove reed canary grass and slope to proper elevations for intertidal marsh and mudflat habitat development. Reestablish riparian forest and swamp; excavate reed canary grass from additional 26 acres and prepare soil on 100 acres of upland to recieve seeds and propagules of riparian species. Remove plug from old drainage channel to allow tidal inundation af interior swamp, allowing ingress and egress of juvenile salmonids and detrital export to the Columbia River
