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Seattle straightened and filled the Lower Duwamish until 97% of its original habitat was gone; a $23 million pollution settlement has now removed contaminated soil and rebuilt 2.8 acres where fish are...

For decades, Seattle’s Lower Duwamish River was reshaped to support industry, with large sections of its natural shoreline straightened, filled and hardened. By the 1940s, about 97% of the river’s original habitat had been lost.