Chehalis River Surge Plain Natural Resource Preserve (NAP) is a 2,658-acre wetland in Grays Harbor County. The area protects important sloughs for sheltering young salmon. The surge plain also supports osprey, bald eagles and Olympic mud minnows, a state Sensitive species.
Learn more about this unique area: join Birdie Davenport, DNR Natural Areas Manager, on May 13 at Noon for a “brown bag lunch” in Olympia, at the Natural Resources Building, 1111 Washington Street, Room 172. Birdie will talk about the Chehalis River Surge NAP and recent restoration projects there. Projects include restoring fish passage and hydrology at Preachers Slough, a major tidal slough. She also will discuss controlling invasive species, and replanting native species along the slough and river shoreline at two sites.
It is one of the many areas we are celebrating during Natural Areas Appreciation Week (May 7 – 14).
DNR manages two types of natural areas for long-term conservation: NAPs, like Chehalis River Surge Plain, for the protection of scientifically important sites. DNR also manages Natural Resources Conservation Areas (NRCAs), which include sites with scientifically important attributes and with outstanding scenic values—such as Mount Si in King County.
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