Nisqually Land Trustproposes to acquire for permanent protection and eventual restoration 1,920 acres of timberlands that include both banks of 2.41 miles of upper Busy Wild Creek (the headwaters of the Mashel River, which in turn is the main tributary to the Nisqually River) and 12.92 miles of feeder streams. Protection and restoration of habitat for threatened salmon in the Busy Wild sub-basin are identified as a highest priority in the Nisqually Chinook Recovery Plan and the Nisqually Steelhead Recovery Plan. The property is located one mile north of Ashford, Washington, and three miles west of the main entrance to Mount Rainier National Park. It has been managed as industrial timberland since the 1940s. It will be acquired to remove the immediate threat of further timber harvest and stream siltation and to secure thepropertyfor future restoration.