tideland

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During the meeting, Kim also called for officials to build new irrigation systems, supply more efficient farming machines and convert more tideland into farmland.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 1, 2023

That remained mostly true until 1937, when the Army Corps of Engineers diked and drained over 900 acres of tideland along the channel.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022

The new bird sanctuary, consisting of one hundred acres of unspoiled tideland, and is protected by the state.

From SAT Tests

Since then, conversion costs, paid for mainly out of the city's tideland oil revenues, have leaped from an original estimate of $13.5 million to $57 million.

From Time Magazine Archive

The alpine spruce bears numerous cones all over the tree, and has sharp leaves, though not so sharp as its relative, the tideland spruce.

From The Mountain that was 'God' Being a Little Book About the Great Peak Which the Indians Named 'Tacoma' but Which is Officially Called 'Rainier' by Williams, John H. (John Harvey)