A few slides shown during the recognition of the Nisqually Indian Tribe's Salmon Recovery Program Habitat Restoration Crew at the February 2011 NRC meeting.

1. THANK YOU Nisqually Indian Tribe - Salmon Recovery Program Habitat Restoration Crew We appreciate your hard work!

2. Improving the Nisqually Watershed by restoring land along: Ohop Creek, Tanwax Creek, Horn Creek, Powell Creek, the Mashel River, the Nisqually River, and Braget Marsh !

3. 2007/2008 25.5+ acres 20,948 native plants 2008/2009 33.7+ acres 31,700 native plants 2009/2010 47+ acres acres 38,000 native plants 2010/2011 plantings  42 acres at Ohop + 3 acres along the Mashel River Thanks to Cathy Sampsell, Emmett O’Connel, and Kevin ___ for the great photos. NISQUALLY HABITAT RESTORATION – CREW PLANTINGS

4. Nano Cathy Eddie Sam Kyle Rachel Ron

5. Eddie Sam Cathy Nano Kyle

6. When you plant a tree, you plant a legacy. -- Pepper Provenzano

8. The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now. -- Chinese Proverb

11. Eddie Sam Kyle Nano Cathy Rachel Trees are the only part of the infrastructure that actually appreciates in value while the rest depreciates. -- Pepper Provenzano

12. Eddie Sam Kyle Nano Cathy Rachel

19. By means of trees, wildlife could be conserved, pollution decreased, and the beauty of our landscapes enhanced. This is the way, or at least one of the ways, to spiritual, moral, and cultural regeneration. -- E.F. Schumacher

21. THANK YOU Nisqually Indian Tribe - Salmon Recovery Program Habitat Restoration Crew We appreciate your hard work!