Connecting shoreline armoring studies in Puget Sound
Presentation Abstract
Since 2011, the EPA-supported Marine and Nearshore Grant Program has funded more than 45 projects related to Puget Sound nearshore protection and restoration. Close to a third of these projects focused, either directly or indirectly, on the impacts of shoreline armoring. This presentation describes work by the University of Washington Puget Sound Institute to synthesize and communicate results from these grants, with an emphasis on 12 shoreline armoring-related research and outreach efforts. These grant results taken together provide a ‘big picture’ of ongoing work to decrease the amount of shoreline armoring in Puget Sound. We describe an effort to communicate these results to a variety of audiences, and look at key stories and trends, such as: 1) the importance of scientific findings related to the biological impacts of shoreline armoring; 2) lack of compliance with shoreline armoring regulations; 3) outreach and marketing efforts to bring property owners into compliance with regulations and best practices related to shoreline development; 4) a look at ways that erosion influences shoreline armoring—the good and the perceived bad—in the context of feeder bluffs and drift cells; 5) the projected impacts of sea level rise as it relates to armoring; and 6) case studies illustrating new green shoreline development in relation to the Marine Shoreline Design Guidelines.
Session Title
Integrating Science with Landowner Outreach to Increase Coastal Resiliency
Conference Track
Shorelines
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2016 : Vancouver, B.C.)
Document Type
Event
Start Date
2016 12:00 AM
End Date
2016 12:00 AM
Location
2016SSEC
Type of Presentation
Oral
Genre/Form
conference proceedings; presentations (communicative events)
Contributing Repository
Digital content made available by University Archives, Heritage Resources, Western Libraries, Western Washington University.
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Shore protection--Washington (State)--Puget Sound; Shorelines--Washington (State)--Puget Sound
Geographic Coverage
Puget Sound (Wash.)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Connecting shoreline armoring studies in Puget Sound
2016SSEC
Since 2011, the EPA-supported Marine and Nearshore Grant Program has funded more than 45 projects related to Puget Sound nearshore protection and restoration. Close to a third of these projects focused, either directly or indirectly, on the impacts of shoreline armoring. This presentation describes work by the University of Washington Puget Sound Institute to synthesize and communicate results from these grants, with an emphasis on 12 shoreline armoring-related research and outreach efforts. These grant results taken together provide a ‘big picture’ of ongoing work to decrease the amount of shoreline armoring in Puget Sound. We describe an effort to communicate these results to a variety of audiences, and look at key stories and trends, such as: 1) the importance of scientific findings related to the biological impacts of shoreline armoring; 2) lack of compliance with shoreline armoring regulations; 3) outreach and marketing efforts to bring property owners into compliance with regulations and best practices related to shoreline development; 4) a look at ways that erosion influences shoreline armoring—the good and the perceived bad—in the context of feeder bluffs and drift cells; 5) the projected impacts of sea level rise as it relates to armoring; and 6) case studies illustrating new green shoreline development in relation to the Marine Shoreline Design Guidelines.
