Presentation Abstract
For over 140 years, a lumber mill operated at the mouth of Port Gamble Bay producing lumber and other wood products, and leaving behind a legacy of contamination and degraded habitat when it closed its doors in 1995. Fast forward to the present when state and federal agencies, local government, tribes, community groups, and industry teamed up to cleanup, restore and preserve the bay’s high-quality natural resources. Undertaking extensive cleanup and the largest creosote-treated piling removal effort in the Puget Sound, Pope Resources removed contaminated sediment, over 8,500 creosote-treated pilings and numerous overwater structures to improve over 3,000 feet of shoreline and over 100 acres of aquatic habitat. Complimentary to cleanup, Ecology partnered with public and private entities, tribes, and the community to preserve nearly 2,000 acres of forest land and tidelands, remove derelict debris and vessels throughout the bay, and restore native oysters. Today the bay provides a cleaner and healthier place for community members and visitors to work, live and play.
Session Title
Insights from Community-Based Approaches to Salish Sea Restoration Projects
Keywords
Cleanup, Restoration, Port Gamble
Conference Track
SSE6: Communication
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2018 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
SSE6-573
Start Date
5-4-2018 2:15 PM
End Date
5-4-2018 2:30 PM
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)
Restoration ecology--Gamble, Port (Wash. : Bay); Wildlife habitat improvement--Gamble, Port (Wash. : Bay); Marine debris--Cleanup--Gamble, Port (Wash. : Bay)
Geographic Coverage
Gamble, Port (Wash. : Bay)
Rights
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Type
Text
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Included in
Fresh Water Studies Commons, Marine Biology Commons, Natural Resources and Conservation Commons, Terrestrial and Aquatic Ecology Commons
The transformation of Port Gamble Bay: from remediation to restoration
For over 140 years, a lumber mill operated at the mouth of Port Gamble Bay producing lumber and other wood products, and leaving behind a legacy of contamination and degraded habitat when it closed its doors in 1995. Fast forward to the present when state and federal agencies, local government, tribes, community groups, and industry teamed up to cleanup, restore and preserve the bay’s high-quality natural resources. Undertaking extensive cleanup and the largest creosote-treated piling removal effort in the Puget Sound, Pope Resources removed contaminated sediment, over 8,500 creosote-treated pilings and numerous overwater structures to improve over 3,000 feet of shoreline and over 100 acres of aquatic habitat. Complimentary to cleanup, Ecology partnered with public and private entities, tribes, and the community to preserve nearly 2,000 acres of forest land and tidelands, remove derelict debris and vessels throughout the bay, and restore native oysters. Today the bay provides a cleaner and healthier place for community members and visitors to work, live and play.
