Presentation Abstract
This phase builds off of the pilot project undertaken in 2012-2013. The pilot project found many shoreline changes within the WRIA were not permitted, especially on Vashon and Maury Islands. Since the pilot project was completed, King County has undertaken an effort to bring the unpermitted issues found on Vashon and Maury Islands into compliance. The pilot project and King County’s follow on compliance efforts have created community awareness on the islands about the problem and issues around shoreline modifications. This phase will undertake a similar set of boat based surveys of the 92 miles of marine shoreline of Watershed Resource Inventory Area 9 (WRIA 9) in 2016 and 2018 to document new changes in shoreline condition. Changes will be evaluated based on if changes in condition were permitted (at state and local levels) as well as on their potential ecological and human safety impacts. The project will also attempt to evaluate whether increased public awareness changed compliance rates. The presentation will provide draft results from the 2016 survey.
Session Title
Enforcing Ecological Protections: Challenges and Opportunities
Keywords
Shoreline armoring, Monitoring, Permit compliance
Conference Track
SSE8: Policy, Management, and Regulations
Conference Name
Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference (2018 : Seattle, Wash.)
Document Type
Event
SSEC Identifier
SSE8-352
Start Date
6-4-2018 8:45 AM
End Date
6-4-2018 9:00 AM
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)
Shorlines--Monitoring--Washington (State)--King County; Bulkheads--Environmental aspects--Washington (State)--King County; Environmental protection--Washington (State)--King County
Geographic Coverage
King County (Wash.)
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 WRIA 9 marine shoreline monitoring and compliance project phase 2
This phase builds off of the pilot project undertaken in 2012-2013. The pilot project found many shoreline changes within the WRIA were not permitted, especially on Vashon and Maury Islands. Since the pilot project was completed, King County has undertaken an effort to bring the unpermitted issues found on Vashon and Maury Islands into compliance. The pilot project and King County’s follow on compliance efforts have created community awareness on the islands about the problem and issues around shoreline modifications. This phase will undertake a similar set of boat based surveys of the 92 miles of marine shoreline of Watershed Resource Inventory Area 9 (WRIA 9) in 2016 and 2018 to document new changes in shoreline condition. Changes will be evaluated based on if changes in condition were permitted (at state and local levels) as well as on their potential ecological and human safety impacts. The project will also attempt to evaluate whether increased public awareness changed compliance rates. The presentation will provide draft results from the 2016 survey.
