Capitol Land Trust used this funding to protect in perpetuity (through fee-simple and conservation easement) a highly functional marine nearshore, estuarine, and saltmarsh wetland complex and to enhance the riparian zone and upland of an adjacent perennial stream to improve fish access to off-channel rearing habitat. The protected and restored habitat supports all adult and juvenile life history stages for chum, coho, sea-run cutthroat, and steelhead salmon, providing an undisturbed site for resting, protection from predators, salinity transition, and feeding. Protection also ensures continued functionality of the sites's natural seeps and springs that ensure a consistent freshwater input to the system. Over 2000 feet of marine shoreline and 25 acres of upland habitat were protected in perpetuity, complementing adjacent protected marine shorelines and mudflats and ensuring 2.7 miles of contiguous protected marine shoreline.