Huge habitat purchase will give Northwest salmon rest stop in Columbia estuary

The largest purchase of habitat in the Columbia River estuary in about 40 years will permanently protect essential refuge for salmon, steelhead and other wildlife. The Columbia Land Trust purchased the 920-acre Columbia Stock Ranch Jan. 23 with funding from the Bonneville Power Administration, setting the stage for restoration of historic tidal wetlands by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Now hundreds of acres wetlands on the south shore of the Columbia River near Goble, Ore. will provide food and shelter for Northwest salmon migrating to and from the ocean.

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• Salmon;
• habitat;
• conservation;
• environment;
• BPA;
• Columbia
• River;
• columbia
• land
• trust