Use of Large Wood in Shoreline Restoration

Efforts

Efforts describe the goal-oriented activites of workgroups

• Knowledge Creation
  • Adaptive Management
  • Arts and Crafts
  • Lessons
  • Monitoring
  • Research
• Protection
  • Acquisition
  • Green Infrastructure
  • Regulation
• Restoration
  • Beach Nourishment
  • Engineered Log Jams
  • Fish Passage
  • Revegetation
• Social Change
  • Advocacy
  • Coordination
  • Education
  • Funding
  • Integrated Ecosystem Management
  • Legislation
  • Planning

Effort References

• RCO's PRISM Project Search
• Salmon Recovery Portal
• Ecology's Administration of Grants and Loans
• USACE Regulatory In-lieu Fee and Bank information Tracking System

Wiki Rules

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• Please adhere to our Social Contract and Style Guide
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This study will develop information to improve performance of process-based shoreline restoration designs that incorporate or naturally recruit large wood (LW) on Puget Sound beaches. This work builds upon previous design guidance developed by NSD for LW in fluvial systems. A comprehensive literature and data review will be completed to identify parameters important to LW retention and stability on Puget Sound beaches. Field data will be collected and analyzed to determine which parameters drive LW recruitment and function in the nearshore. This information will be used to develop design considerations for use of LW to facilitate recruitment in shoreline restoration projects.

Related Materials

• ESRP Learning Program Project Proposal - Refine Design Guidance for the Use of Large Wood in Shoreline Restoration Projects in Puget Sound
• Changes Following Restoration to the Shoreline at Seahurst Park
• Toft et al. 2021 - Effectiveness of Living Shorelines in the Salish Sea
• Lee et al. 2018 - Quantifying the Effectiveness of Shoreline Armoring Removal on the Coastal Biota of Puget Sound
• Toft et al. 2013 - Ecological Response and Physical Stability of Habitat Enhancements Along an Urban Armored Shoreline

Partners and Roles

• Kathy Ketteridge - Blue Coast Engineering - Project Lead
• Jessica Cote - Blue Coast Engineering - Project Lead
• Eduardo Sierra - Blue Coast Engineering - Data Collection and Analysis
• Anna Sievers - Blue Coast Engineering - Literature Review/Data Collection and Analysis
• Steve Winter - Natural Systems Design (NSD) - Project Partner

Tasks

• Literature review and project plan (Complete)
• Develop Wiki pages (Ongoing)
• Site Identification and Selection (In Progress)
• Data Collection and Processing (Two data collection events to be completed; one in October 2022, another in May 2023)
• Conduct Interim Results Analysis (February 2023-April 2023)
• Convene technical advisory group (Two TAG meetings to be completed; one during Task 3, another following Task 5)
• Final project report (August 2023-December 2023)
• Final project presentation (December 2023)