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Snohomish County farmland will become salmon habitat

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Marissa Brent-Tookey
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The Smith Island Restoration Project, comprising 400 acres of the Snohomish River basin near Everett, is expected to break ground in August. According to the Herald, the project will consist of tearing down existing dikes that have been blocking channels of the river, and building a new dike and drainage system. The hope is to rebuild a largely wiped-out estuary to revitalize the chinook salmon population.

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Marissa Brent-Tookey

By Marissa Brent-Tookey

Marissa Brent-Tookey is an editorial intern at Crosscut. She holds a B.A. in French from Seattle University and now studies film production at Shoreline Community College. In addition to crewing a doz