Peninsula Daily News ~
PORT ANGELES — It didn’t take long for a half-mile section of eroded beach to be transformed after derelict armor was removed east of the Elwha River mouth.

In one tidal cycle, parts of the sediment-starved, coarse-cobble shoreline were covered by 6 feet to 10 feet of sand as the Beach Lake Acquisition and Restoration project was put into motion last weekend.

The Marysville Globe ~

MARYSVILLE – The Tulalip Tribes' $20 million, 350-acre Qwuloolt Restoration Project was a huge success in restoring fish habitat.

For that effort, the tribe received an "improving" mark from the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission in its State of Our Watersheds Report.

The 400-acre Spencer Island Project of 2009 and the planned 326-acre Smith Island Project to be completed in spring of 2017 add to that success.

"The Snohomish Estuary is well on its way to meeting the 10-year restoration targets set in the Snohomish River Salmon Recovery Plan," the statewide report says.