Resource Library
Our library contains a collection of materials from projects and meetings brought to you by the Northwest Straits Commission and the seven Marine Resources Committees. Please contact Commission staff if you are unable to find what you are looking for online.
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Pigeon Guillemot Brochure
This is an informative brochure about Pigeon Guillemots.
By: Island County MRC
Published:
Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Island County
Length: 2
Clallam MRC 2014 Annual Report
This report summarizes the activities and progress of the Clallam MRC during the 2014 calendar year. Outreach programs and restoration projects such as the Dungeness River Festival Olympia oyster restoration and are highlighted, providing details of their process and progress.
By: Clallam MRC
Published:
Benchmark: All
Location: Clallam County
Length: 8
Snohomish County MRC 2014 Annual Report & Recommendations
This is Snohomish County MRC's Annual Report and Recommendations for 2014.
By: Snohomish County MRC
Published:
Benchmark: All
Location: Snohomish County
Length: 20
Northwest Straits Commission Olympia Oyster Fact Sheet
This fact sheet details the actions being taken by the Northwest Straits Commission and MRCs to restore self-sustaining Olympia oyster populations throughout their historic range in Puget Sound.
By: Northwest Straits Commission
Published:
Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Clallam County, Jefferson County, Northwest Straits, Skagit County, Whatcom County
Length: 1
Targeted Outreach to Prevent Negative Impacts from Shoreline Armoring
This project was designed to both prevent shoreline armoring by building on previously successful efforts to educate shoreline property owners about the processes that form and support nearshore habitats while also providing specific information about the impacts of shoreline armoring and alternative options to hard armoring.
By: Northwest Straits Foundation
Published:
Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 6
Northwest Straits Initiative Strategic Plan 2014
This is the 2014 Strategic Plan for the Northwest Straits Initiative, adopted by the NWS Commission on September 26, 2014. The NWS Foundation added additional materials to the Plan in early 2015. Changes and additions to the Project/Action sections were approved at the end of January 2015.
By: Northwest Straits Initiative
Published:
Benchmark: All
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 17
Skagit MRC 2014 Annual Report
Annual report for the Skagit County Marine Resources Committee.
By: Skagit MRC
Published:
Benchmark: All
Location: Skagit County
Length: 15
Monitoring Plan: Bowman Bay Restoration Project
This report is a monitoring plan for the Bowman Bay Bulkhead Removal and Nearshore Enhancement Project. The site was initially armored to protect a fish hatchery, but has long since fell out of use and is now inhibiting healthy habitat development for forage fish, salmon, and bull trout.
The intent of the project is to restore natural erosion and sediment transport along the shoreline, in doing so creating a more viable habitat for fish spawning and migration. The purpose of the monitoring plan is to gain insight on how effective the restoration project is, as well as to better understand the effects of shoreline armoring.
By: Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation
Published:
Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Skagit County
Length: 27
Monitoring Plan: Shannon Point Revetment Removal
This report is a monitoring plan put together by the Northwest Straits Foundation for the Shannon Point Rock Revetment Removal Project. The project aims at restoring intertidal habitat to promote forage fish spawning, specifically sand lance and surf smelt. To accomplish this, a large portion of the rip rap will be removed which should restore the site to its native state to some extent. The Northwest Straits Foundation will monitor the physical and biological parameters of the project to determine the success and long term effects.
By: Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation
Published:
Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Skagit County
Length: 20
Port Townsend Waterfront Eelgrass Survey
This report presents results from a videographic survey of eelgrass (Zostera marina) resources along a portion of the City of Port Townsend waterfront in Port Townsend Bay. The purpose of the survey was to gather pre-project baseline data for submitting state, federal and local permit applications for a Voluntary No-anchor Zone (VNZ) south of the ferry dock. The survey will also be used to compare pre- and post-restoration data collected in the future. A secondary purpose of the survey was to gather post-project data for the established VNZ north of the ferry dock to help evaluate long-term effects of the VNZ efforts.
By: Ian Fraser, Marine Resources Consultants
Published:
Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Jefferson County
Length: 15
Species Encountered in Derelict Nets Removal
This is a listing of species encountered by type in 4,994 derelict nets removed in the Puget Sound from 2002- August 31, 2014.
By:
Published:
Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Puget Sound
Length: 1
Recent History and Near Future of Beach Cleanups on the Strait of Juan de Fuca within Clallam County
This document identifies existing beach cleanup efforts, including maps, dates, partner organizations and net weight of marine debris collected. It also prioritizes beaches still in need of cleanup along the Strait.
By: Jon Schmidt, Washington CoastSavers Coordinator
Published:
Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Clallam County
Length: 15
A Boat-Based Survey Protocol for Bull Kelp in Puget Sound
This boat-based survey protocol has been developed as a reliable and relatively simple tool for Northwest Straits Marine Resources Committee (MRC) volunteers and other citizen-scientists to use toward monitoring bull kelp for its protection and recovery.
By: Emily Bishop, NOAA Hollings Scholar
Published:
Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 16
South Port Townsend Bay Marine Protected Area
The Jefferson MRC's goal was to protect eelgrass beds and marine water quality in South Port Townsend Bay, known locally as Lower (Port) Hadlock. By establishing a Voluntary Marine Protected Area, they also implemented key elements of the South Port Townsend Bay Management Plan that would satisfy Washington Department of Health and allow shellfish harvest and recreational boat use to co-exist.
By: Gabrielle LaRoche, Jefferson MRC
Published:
Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Jefferson County
Length: 13
Marine Shoreline Protection Assessment for Skagit County
This assessment prepared by the Skagit Land Trust (SLT) is intended to help identify and prioritize marine shoreline parcels in private ownership. SLT wants to use this assessment to promote proactive outreach to landowners in targeted areas, those that have the most conservation value potential.
By: Kari Odden, Skagit Land Trust
Published:
Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Skagit County
Length: 41
SoundIQ Tutorial
This is a step by step guide for startup, and basic functions with the SoundIQ program.
By: Northwest Straits Initiative
Published:
Benchmark: Sound Science
Location: Island County, Northwest Straits
Length: 2
San Juan County MRC 2014 Annual Report
This is San Juan County MRC's annual report for 2014, and outlined work plan for 2015.
By: San Juan MRC
Published:
Benchmark: All
Location: San Juan County
Length: 24
Port Susan MSA Progress Report
This is an informative brochure on the conservation action plan in the area associated with Port Susan. There is a broad focus on different target species and habitats including shellfish, shorebirds, Chinook salmon, Dungeness crab, beach and forage fish, and the Port Susan Delta. This progress report is intended to highlight progress related the 6 areas of focus in the plan.
By: Snohomish County MRC
Published:
Benchmark: All
Location: Island County, Snohomish County
Length: 2
Snohomish County 2013 Derelict Fishing Gear Project
The goals of the 2013 Snohomish MRC derelict gear project were to locate and remove derelict fishing gear from a specific study area in the commonly fished commercial, Tribal and recreational crab fishing area of Port Gardner. Additionally, derelict crab pot removal data summarizing number of pots lost and
escape cord compliance was also analyzed.
By: Natural Resources Consultants, Inc
Published:
Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Snohomish County
Length: 24
Fidalgo Bay Day 2013
Fidalgo Bay Day 2013, A Public Education Program Sponsored by Skagit County Marine Resources Committee, Anacortes Community Maritime Center
By: Skagit Marine Resources Committee
Published:
Benchmark: Education and Outreach
Location: Skagit County
Length: 30
Juvenile Salmon and Nearshore Fish Use in Shallow Intertidal Habitat Associated with Cornet Bay Restoration, 2012
This report is meant to inform local citizens and Cornet Bay project partners about fish populations currently using the Cornet Bay area. It focuses on fish species composition and relative abundance along the altered shoreline at the Cornet Bay Day Use Area and adjacent natural nearshore habitat in spring 2012, the fourth and final sampling season prior to restoration.
By: Sarah Schmidt
Published:
Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Island County
Length: 17
Pigeon Guillemot Study
The objective of this study was to establish baseline data on the population of Pigeon Guillemots on Whidbey Island, Washington. These are the only seabirds that regularly nest on Whidbey Island and remain in the Salish Sea year-round, making them an ideal indicator of Salish Sea conditions. The colonies were monitored for prey fed to chicks, fledgling success, and population.
By: Kelly L. Zupich
Published:
Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Island County
Length: 16
Preventing the Loss of Gillnets in Puget Sound Salmon Fisheries
This report provides recommendations to prevent the loss of nets in order to avert the re-accumulation of gillnets in current and future saltwater gillnet fisheries.
By: Caroline Gibson, Northwest Straits Commission, with The Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Published:
Benchmark: All
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 15
Capitol Hill Ocean Week 2013: Summary Report
A summary report from Capitol Hill Ocean Week in June 2013 in which pressing issues of habitat protection, ocean acidification, and climate change adaptation featured prominently in many discussions.
By:
Published:
Benchmark: All
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 16
Proceedings of the 8th Annual Elwha Nearshore Consortium Workshop
This summary in includes preliminary data presented at the 2013 Elwha Nearshore Consortium, updates of work to date on the Elwha nearshore restoration, and a discussion of the next steps to best inform management needs.
By: Anne Shaffer
Published:
Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Clallam County
Length: 44