Skagit Wildlife Area
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| Leque Island, located west of Stanwood between Port Susan and Skagit bays, was once entirely salt marsh. Today it consists of wetlands and diked agricultural fields. WDFW began acquiring properties on Leque Island in 1974, and currently owns the entirety of the island aside from road right-of-ways controlled by Washington State Department of Transportation and Snohomish County. Contract farmers annually plant cereal grain as food for wintering waterfowl (mainly ducks and snow geese). This site offers bird watching, bird dog training, and pheasant and waterfowl hunting. The perimeter dikes on the island have repeatedly failed during high tide and storm events, most recently in 2010. Temporary repairs were made in 2010 to patch the dikes in two locations that were breached. WDFW and Ducks Unlimited are working cooperatively with grant funding to determine a long-term solution to the failing dikes. WDFW and Ducks Unlimited will draft potential design alternatives and WDFW will select the preferred alternative with input from stakeholders. This project is referred to as the Leque Island Alternatives Analysis and Design Project. |
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