Nisqually Land Trust adds 10.5 more acres to Lower Ohop restoration area

The Nisqually Land Trust announced on Thu., Oct. 14, that it had acquired an additional 10.5 acres in the Lower Ohop protected area, raising the total number of acres that the organization has protected to 8,751.

“Last week, we closed on an additional ten and a half acres along Ohop Creek and the Floodplain,” Nisqually Land Trust Executive Director Jeanette Dorner said during the nonprofit’s annual meeting.

Dorner said the organization has restored two miles of the Lower Ohop Creek since the launch of the restoration initiative in 2000.

Other acquisitions made by the Nisqually Land Trust this year include 2,200 acres in the Nisqually Community Forest and six acres in the Hogum Bay protected area.

“Once we own the properties, that’s just the beginning. Then there’s the stewardship and so, in places where we need to restore the forests, we have been working on planting projects,” Dorner said.

The executive director said that the Nisqually Land Trust and volunteers have planted 16,800 native trees and shrubs so far this year.

To date, the group has planted over 400,000 native trees and shrubs in its properties throughout the Nisqually Watershed, according to Dorner.

The Nisqually Land Trust is a nonprofit organization that acquires and manages critical lands for the benefit of the water, wildlife, and people of the Nisqually River Watershed.