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Since a 1989 joint acquisition and co-management agreement, WDFW owns 175 acres and Snohomish County Parks and Recreation Department owns 240 acres of this island in the Snohomish River estuary just east of Everett. It is a flat, grassy marsh/scrub-shrub wetland complex ringed by mixed forest that provides waterfowl habitat. Preservation. Fifty acres of tidally influenced estuary on the south end of the island have been restored for salmon species. In winter 2004, a dike was breached on the WDFW property, on the northeastern side of the island. Currently a proposal to restore 150 acres of the island to inter-tidal estuary for salmon, waterfowl and other estuary-dependent species is moving forward in partnership with Ducks Unlimited and funded by the state Salmon Recovery Funding Board. There is also a separate proposal to enhance public trails, hunting blinds and access for people with disabilities. Parking and access to the area are through the City of Everett’s sewage treatment plant on 4th Avenue.