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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Portland District
Jan. 29, 2016 | 1:02
The wetlands inside historic Trestle Bay near Warrenton, Oregon, offer ideal habitat for juvenile salmonids. Ideal, but mostly out of reach for more than 125 years due to what makes historic Trestle Bay “historic” — the relic stone and pilings placed there from 1885 to 1895, when the South Jetty was built. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is working with partners, including the Columbia River Estuary Study Task Force and the Bonneville Power Administration, to remove wood pilings and move 900 feet of jetty stone from seven locations along the 8,800 foot structure, creating openings and restoring hydraulic connections from the bay to the Columbia River.
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