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'''The full historical extent of the Nooksack Delta includes both the river mouth into [[Bellingham Bay]], and the Red River or Indian River distributary to the west of the Lummi Reservation Uplands. This west distributary is no relatively disconnected from the river except at flood flow, and a large area of the tidal flats have been converted into the Lummi Fish Pond. Compared to other large river estuaries to the South, the Nooksack is relatively intact. Upstream, the mainstem Nooksack River divides into the [[North Fork Nooksack Floodplain]] and the South Fork Nooksack near the [[Town of Deming]] and the reservation of the [[Nooksack Tribe]] A large portion of the estuary is in the reservation of the [[Lummi Nation]]. Large scale restoration of the delta was considered by the [[PSNERP]] study, and would. The Lummi is actively involved in restoration and mitigation banking in tidal wetlands on the Lummi River distributary.'''

==Notes==
*Delta restoration is not a priority in the current [[Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Plan]]
*The [[Lummi Nation]] is:
**developing a tidal wetland mitigation bank on the Lummi River side of the delta
**Completed work on enhancing wetlands as part of the [[Smugglers Slough Restoration]]
*[[Whatcom County Public Works]] has been:
**studying levee setback options between Ferndale and the Delta
**acquiring repeatedly flooded properties in the Village of Marrieta
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