BLYN — Jamestown S’Klallam tribal members will be recognized today by the U.S. Department of Agriculture for their wetlands restoration efforts.
Agriculture Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark E. Rey will give tribal leaders an Outstanding Conservation Cooperator Award for significant wetland restoration accomplishments in the Sequim Bay watershed.
Rey and others will also tour the wetlands.
The restoration efforts are taking place on the southern end of Sequim Bay at the mouth of Jimmycomelately Creek.
A wide array of wildlife including an endangered run of summer chum salmon which will travel the restored Jimmycomelately Creek, plus waterfowl, raptors and amphibians will benefit from the wetland restoration, Rey said.
In June, a cooperative agreement was signed between the tribe and Natural Resources Conservation Service to provide just under $1 million of Wetlands Reserve Program funding.