The Capitol Land Trust will acquire approximately 74 acres of biologically sensitive and culturally significant estuary, near shore and riparian habitat on Oakland Bay located in Mason County. This project also includes the restoration of the existing 48-acre golf course located on the property, which will be converted to native salt marsh, riparian forest, and other natural ecosystems appropriate to site hydrology, soils, geology, and climate, for priority species recovery. Restoration will entail removing 1,400 feet of supratidal dike along the shoreline to reconnect approximately 13 acres of saltmarsh; constructing blind tidal channels in the newly connected salt marsh to increase and diversify tidal habitat; constructing side channels along Johns Creek to increase off-channel habitat; removing bank armor and adding large wood along Johns Creek to improve instream habitat complexity; removing buildings, bridges, pathways, and other infrastructure across the property; planting a wider, more functional riparian zone along Johns Creek; and planting a native plant forested buffer on the new tidal channels. When combined with the three other protected estuarine complexes on northern Oakland Bay, this property will support multiple priority habitat types (riparian, freshwater wetland, in-stream, Puget Sound near shore) that provide crucial habitat for multiple priority species including Chum, Chinook, and Coho salmon, steelhead, Cutthroat Trout, forage fish, migratory and resident shore birds, waterfowl, land bird species, and shellfish. The primary purpose of the project is habitat protection and restoration.