The City plans to conduct a salt marsh wetland restoration project at the Tahoma Salt Marsh site on the Ruston Way shoreline within the City of Tacoma and Commencement Bay. The project will include excavation or regrading of 1.95 acres and the planting of native marsh and riparian vegetation. A tidal channel will be excavated to connect the newly created marsh and the restored beach to permit tidal inundation of the marsh. The project goal is to establish salt marsh and mudflat habitat to provide nesting, refuge, and feeding opportunities for a variety of fish and waterfowl species. Cement slabs along the shoreline are slated for replacement with smaller "fish friendly fix mix" substrate, a smaller size cobble rock. The dirt and gravel parking lot will become a salt marsh.