Presenters: Lisa Kaufman, Nearshore Program Manager– Northwest Straits Foundation Anna Toledo, Island County Marine Resources Committee Coordinator Andrea MacLennan, Coastal Geomorphologist with Coastal Geologic Services August 28, 2018 Hidden Beach Restoration
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Presenters:
Lisa Kaufman, Nearshore Program Manager– Northwest Straits Foundation
Anna Toledo, Island County Marine Resources Committee Coordinator
Andrea MacLennan, Coastal Geomorphologist with Coastal Geologic Services
August 28, 2018
Hidden Beach Restoration
Agenda
• Project Partners
• Hidden Beach project site overview
• Puget Sound beach processes and nearshore habitats
• Project Goals
• Restoration Concepts
• Coastal geology assessment key findings
• Concerns and Design Considerations
• Tentative Timeline
• Project Communications and Community Feedback
• Questions and Discussion
Project Partners
Island County Marine Resources Committee
• Advisory committee
• Identify and communicate local priorities to
protect and restore local marine resources
• Design and carry out projects
• Monitoring
• Restoration
• Outreach & Education
Before After
❑This meeting is for information sharing only –no decisions will be made today.
❑Keep in mind that:❑There will be differences of opinion
❑How to keep an open dialog:❑Share the talk time
❑Really listen to your fellow speakers
❑Share your unique perspective
❑Respect every viewpoint
❑Be positive and open to new ideas
❑Participate - every voice should be heard
❑Stay focused on the key meeting topics
Community Meeting Expectations
Hidden Beach – Site Overview
Photo: Hugh Shipman
2016
2006
A Geomorphic Classification of Puget Sound Nearshore
Landforms, Shipman 2008
Beaches and Bluffs of Puget Sound, Johannessen 2007
How Restoration Can Benefit Habitat
• Restore marine riparian
• Restore native beach sediment
• Large woody debris recruitment
• Enhance forage fish spawning
habitat
• Enhance habitat adjacent to
eelgrass beds
• Provides habitat and food for
salmon
WDFW Forage Fish Survey Map
Hidden Beach
WA DNR Mapped Eelgrass Beds
Approximate proposed restoration area
Stillaguamish River
East Whidbey is a
critical zone for
migrating salmon
Project Goals
• Improve habitat for nearshore species
• Create vegetation buffer and connectivity of uplands to beach
and nearshore
• Restore natural beach processes by removing derelict shore