Updated: Oct. 01, 2009, 3:23 p.m. |Published: Oct. 01, 2009, 2:23 p.m. By The Associated Press Puget Sound waters are flowing again at the Nisqually River estuary. After being blocked for more ...

On the other side of the Nisqually River, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is poised to pull back similar dikes to restore 700 acres of estuary in the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge.

Stephanie Yao/The OregonianNisqually National Wildlife Refuge north of Olympia. NISQUALLY, Wash. (AP) -- This weekend (May 2-3, 2009) is the final chance to walk a 5-mile trail on top of a dike at ...

For more than a century, farmers diked hundreds of acres of the Nisqually River estuary. The eight miles of dikes walled off the delta and provided farmland and livestock pastures.

The Nisqually Tribe has invested decades of effort in restoring their Chinook population. But as the sea level begins to rise, saltwater is flowing further into the estuary, reducing this critical ...

Blocked more than 100 years by man-made dikes, the waters of Puget Sound returned to the Nisqually River estuary Wednesday, creating a watery landscape few if any people alive today have ever seen.

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -- The Nisqually River is about to begin flowing freely near its mouth for the first time in a century. The last major dike removal in the river's estuary is set to be ...

NISQUALLY -- Before farmers turned this salt marsh in the Nisqually River Delta into pasture for cows, juvenile salmon would stop through the estuary as they made their way to the sea.

More than 300 species of birds, mammals, fish, reptiles and amphibians inhabit the Billy Frank Jr. Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. The estuary was restored in 2009 by removing dikes and ...

Construction is being completed on an elevated boardwalk at Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge that will lead visitors for a mile walk over the Nisqually's estuary waters. The trail is set to open ...

Native American New Year was celebrated on the solstice under a canopy of winter stars. Near a crackling bonfire, the Nisqually tribe shared their culture and renewed their sacred pact with the ...

For more than a century, farmers diked hundreds of acres of the Nisqually River estuary. The eight miles of dikes walled off the delta and provided farmland and livestock pastures.