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We need your help! This is a beautiful time of year at qʷiqʷəlut (“little marsh”), but it's also a time when we're trying to help native plants outcompete invasive weeds. Come join us, get your hands dirty, and see the tideflats like you've never seen them before! All abilities are welcomed and snacks will be provided. 9am - 12pm qʷiqʷəlut (little marsh) is located at 1845 Port of Tacoma Rd
For six years now, 350 Tacoma (with the support of City of Tacoma Environmental Services) have been working to restore this long-neglected but resilient site located deep in the industrial Port of Tacoma, nestled between a fossil fuel terminal and a container shipping yard. As part of the Tacoma Open Space Program, we host periodic work parties at the site to remove invasive weeds, restore native habitat, and pick up litter. The salt marsh was initially named for a French chemical company — Rhone Poulenc — that once operated on this site, but in consultation with the Puyallup Tribal Language Program we worked to restore a native Twulshootseed place name: qʷiqʷəlut (“little marsh").
qʷiqʷəlut is located on the ancestral lands of the Puyallup Tribe. Prior to colonization, the area known today as the Port of Tacoma was a thriving pristine estuary, with abundant marine life, wildlife, trees and plants. Much of the tideflats was filled in with contaminated soil from nearby heavy industry, and paved over in the early 1900’s, to create more “land” for Port business operations.
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1845 Port of Tacoma Rd, Tacoma, WA 98421-3710, United States
