The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife is looking for people to be part of a new paid working group that will shape the a habitat restoration project at the Shillapoo Wildlife Area in Clark County.

The agency announced last month it is looking at restoring about 1,000 acres of the area about 75 years after a dike turned the Columbia River-connected wetland into agricultural lands.

The project would allow the area to again be home to salmon and better suit key species, such as sandhill cranes and migrating waterfowl, the agency said.

The purpose of the working group is to give voice to community concerns, Laura Brown, WDFW’s restoration coordination manager, said in a news release .

Some group members will be paid to reduce barriers for people to engage.

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