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A Salmon Recovery Funding Board grant funded this important
study completed for the east marine shoreline of Kitsap
County. The Battelle Marine Sciences Laboratory authors; Amy
B. Borde, Chaeli Judd, Nichole K. Sather, Ronald M. Thom,
Battelle completed the study in April of 2009. The overall
goal of the nearshore assessment was to develop a science-based
protocol for determining priorities and strategies for improving
nearshore ecosystem functions. The primary objectives of the
East Kitsap County nearshore habitat assessment effort were the
following:
- Conduct
a field inventory of shoreline features;
- Delineate assessment units at “site” and “landscape” scales;
- Characterize the ecological features and conditions within those
assessment units;
- Provide a baseline assessment of disturbances to nearshore
ecological functions using repeatable methods;
- Consolidate this information into a single, GIS-based database for use
by planners and resource managers;
- Validate the disturbance results by evaluating habitat structures
indicative of ecosystem functions, including juvenile
salmonid habitat.
- Develop a framework for prioritizing preservation and restoration of
nearshore habitats used by salmonids.
The report is available below in 9 Adobe Acrobat
 files consisting of the
report and Appendices A through H. |
