{"id":17,"date":"2016-09-28T10:34:31","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T17:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/lighttest\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2016-11-16T10:31:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-16T17:31:55","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nisqually-puzzle\/","title":{"rendered":"About the Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_262\" style=\"width: 1290px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-262\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-262\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nisqually-puzzle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/2016\/10\/photobookscards1.jpg\" alt=\"Nisqually Delta Booklet and Puzzle Tiles\" width=\"1280\" height=\"659\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nisqually-puzzle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/2016\/10\/photobookscards1.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nisqually-puzzle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/2016\/10\/photobookscards1-300x154.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nisqually-puzzle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/2016\/10\/photobookscards1-768x395.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nisqually-puzzle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/2016\/10\/photobookscards1-1024x527.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nisqually-puzzle\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/245\/2016\/10\/photobookscards1-676x348.jpg 676w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-262\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nisqually Delta Booklet and Puzzle Tiles<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Nisqually River Delta in Washington State provides a model of river <span class=\"explanatory-dictionary-highlight\" data-definition=\"explanatory-dictionary-definition-0\">estuary<\/span> restoration and a hopeful message about our environment. This puzzle provides a hands-on learning activity for adults and children to visualize the impact of removing 100-year-old agricultural dikes at the Nisqually Delta on salmon and the thousands of species that rely on healthy productive estuaries. Restoration projects take a long time \u2013 often more than a 100 years\u2013 to realize their potential. Artists can help to convey an image of a hopeful future.<\/p>\n<h3>The puzzle and guide help people:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Learn why estuaries are important.<\/li>\n<li>Learn the history of the Nisqually Delta and the leadership role of the Nisqually Tribe, local citizens, and the US Government in <span class=\"explanatory-dictionary-highlight\" data-definition=\"explanatory-dictionary-definition-0\">estuary<\/span> restoration.<\/li>\n<li>Visualize the impact of invasive species left from agricultural development of the delta.<\/li>\n<li>Visualize agricultural dike removal.<\/li>\n<li>Learn about plants and animals that thrive in estuaries.<\/li>\n<li>Develop map-reading skills.<\/li>\n<li>Explore how art can inspire river restoration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nisqually River Delta in Washington State provides a model of river estuary restoration and a hopeful message about our environment. This puzzle provides a hands-on learning activity for adults and children to visualize the impact of removing 100-year-old agricultural dikes at the Nisqually Delta on salmon and the thousands of species that rely on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nisqually-puzzle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nisqually-puzzle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nisqually-puzzle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nisqually-puzzle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/260"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nisqually-puzzle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nisqually-puzzle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/17\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/nisqually-puzzle\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}