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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Soft Shore Alternatives to Stabilization Display
A new display was developed to promote soft shore alternatives to bulkheads to be used at the Watershed Stewardship Resource Center and at local outreach events.
By: Jefferson MRC
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Benchmark: Education and Outreach
Location: Jefferson County
Length: 2
March's Point Restoration - Baseline Survey Report
In May and June 2011, Washington State University Skagit County Beach Watchers carried out a baseline survey at the restoration site March's Point
By: Tim Manns
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Benchmark: All
Location: Skagit County
Length: 5
San Juan County MRC 2011 Annual Report
San Juan County MRC 2011 Annual Report
By: San Juan MRC
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Benchmark: All
Location: San Juan County
Length: 7
Outreach display of 'Whatcom's Wealth' Treasured shores and nearshore neighbors
A display about the importance of local marine habitats and species, shoreline access and activities, and ways to reduce negative impacts.
By: Whatcom MRC
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Benchmark: All
Location: Whatcom County
Length: 2
Barrier Lagoon Feasibility Study for Kayak Point County Park
The objective of this report is to provide coastal geomorphic, engineering, and ecological analysis and recommendations for evaluating restoration of a self-sustaining barrier lagoon at the north end of Kayak Point County Park, WA.
By: Coastal Geologic Services, Inc.
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Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Snohomish County
Length: 41
Voluntary No-Anchor Eelgrass Protection Zone, A Non-Regulatory Marine Protected Area, Port Townsend, Washington, Summary Report, June 2011
The summer of 2011 is the eighth season of voluntary eelgrass protection along the Port Townsend waterfront. For the past seven years, the marker buoys that delineate the no anchor-zone, combined with interpretive signs and brochures, have succeeded in preventing boaters from anchoring in critical habitat for young salmon and other marine life.
By: LaRoche and Associates
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Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Jefferson County
Length: 22
Skagit County MRC Action and Administration: Spartina Survey and Removal
In this report, Skagit MRC, People for the Puget Sound, and the Swinomish Tribal Community worked together to identify and remove invasive Spartina from the Skagit County shoreline. Volunteers were trained for kayak based surveys for Spartina, identifying tribal sites in need of smaller scale manual removal. Surveys were conducted in the daylight tidal window of +3 to +9 tides in order to maximize Spartina exposure. A total of 32 volunteer kayakers contributed in the surveys, surveying over 33 miles of shoreline and mapping 71 square meters of Spartina.
By: Rachel Benbrook, Keeley O'Connell
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Benchmark: Marine Species
Location: Skagit County
Length: 9
Snohomish MRC Mussel Watch Data Progress Report
The purpose of the Mussel Watch program is to find out what contaminants are currently in the nearshore waters of Snohomish County and adjacent areas and the extent to which they are at concentrations of concern and may merit action. The program collects mussels and oysters and analyses tissue samples for over 140 contaminants and this paper presents the data collected by the MRC and Stillaguamish Tribe.
By: Emily Whitney, Kathleen Herrmann, Mary Cunningham, Lincoln Loehr, Alan Mearns
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Benchmark: Marine Water Quality
Location: Snohomish County
Length: 73
2010 Aerial and Underwater Videography Assessments of Eelgrass in Island County
The objective of the eelgrass project is to monitor the health of eelgrass (Zostera marina, Zm) beds in Island County.
By: WSU Beach Watchers
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Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Island County
Length: 22
Chuckanut Village Marsh Restoration Project Monitoring
The Whatcom County Marine Resources Committee (MRC) performed biological monitoring in the Chuckanut Village marsh area to measure the effectiveness of replacing a partial fish passage barrier culvert with an appropriately-sized box culvert. The MRC monitored use of the marsh by juvenile salmonids before and after the City of Bellingham removed the culvert in March of 2011. This project effectively involved the local community in restoration and monitoring, with 27 different community members co
By: Chris Fairbanks, Erika Stroebel
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Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Whatcom County
Length: 12
Fort Worden State Park Marine Science Center Pier & Boat Ramp Facilities – Preliminary Level Coastal Processes Assessment
This assessment was to get additional understanding of project site conditions and conduct more detailed evaluation using more comprehensive data set and results from 2009 pre-feasibility assessment work.
By: Coastal and Harbor Engineering
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Benchmark: All
Location: Jefferson County
Length: 83
Outreach to Coastal Property Owners in Whatcom County - A Targeted Approach
The overarching goals of this project were to identify coastal property owners who would be interested in conducting restoration or conservation of their coastal property and to provide information and resources to become better stewards of their properties.
By: Coastal Geological Services
Published:
Benchmark: Education and Outreach
Location: Whatcom County
Length: 88
Elwha Nearshore Consortium—Beached Bird Monitoring at Elwha Bluffs and Crescent Bay
With 45 data collection sites in Clallam County, COASST data provide the most comprehensive baseline against which species and event-specific mortality of Washington’s priority species, federally-listed threatened and endangered species, as well as locally abundant breeders, can be assessed. Specifically, COASST data have documented threats to priority species of fishery bycatch (Hamel et al. 2009), entanglement (Lyday et al. 2009), and climate (Parrish et al. 2008). Within this grant, we focus
By: Julia K. Parrish, Jane Dolliver, Annie Woods,Janet LamontJulia K. Parrish, Jane Dolliver, Annie Woods,Janet Lamont
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Benchmark: All
Location: Clallam County
Length: 15
Long Term Monitoring of Nearshore Elwha River and Salt Creed Monitoring Report
Long term monitoring, nearshore Elwha and Salt Creek Beach Seining and Ichthyofauna Assessment of the Nearshore Environment: 2010-2011. Annual report to the Clallam MRC for student funding for the 2010 Nearshore Monitoring of the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
By: Justin Brown, Anne Shaffer, Chris Bynes
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Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Clallam County
Length: 15
Defining Fish Use of Subtidal Vegetated Habitats of the Elwha and Comparative Shorelines
The goal of this project was to investigate fish use of subtidal vegetated habitats in the Elwha and adjacent drift cells, including Crescent Bay. Specific objectives were: estimate areal extent, depth distribution, fraction, and patchiness of vegetated habitats; and estimate relative fish density and distribution within vegetated habitats.
By: James G. Norris, Ian E. Fraser, Hannah Julich
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Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Clallam County
Length: 56
British Columbia Derelict Fishing Gear Survey and Removal Project Final Report
Funding from the Province of British Columbia, Canada, was provided to the Northwest Straits Foundation to conduct derelict fishing gear survey and removals in British Columbia waters. The removal operations were coordinated with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the British Columbia Ministry of Environment. The purposes of this project were to demonstrate that derelict fishing gear has negative impacts on the marine resources of British Columbia and to demonstrate that gear remo
By: NW Straits Foundation and Natural Resources Consultants
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Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 18
Derelict Fishing Gear Removal in Puget Sound; ARRA Project Final Report
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for this project was awarded to the Foundation in July, 2009. At that time, the Initiative had already removed more than 1,300 derelict fishing nets from Puget Sound and published research had documented the devastating impacts this derelict gear was having on important marine species and habitats. ARRA funding enabled the Initiative‟s removal program to grow from one vessel operating part time to four removal vessels operating full time as w
By: Northwest Straits Foundation
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Benchmark: All
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 43
Snohomish County Oil Spill Preparedness and Response
The Oil Spill Keystone Project Team assessed Snohomish County's current marine oil spill prevention and preparedness abilities and presented recommendations for reducing the consequences of oil spills affecting the County's marine waters. This report presents those findings.
By: UW Program of the Environment Keystone Team
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Benchmark: Marine Water Quality
Location: Snohomish County
Length: 109
Snohomish MRC 2010 Annual Report
Summary of Snohomish MRC projects in 2010.
By: Snohomish MRC
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Benchmark: All
Location: Snohomish County
Length: 17
Jefferson MRC 2010 Annual Report
Summary of projects of Jefferson MRC in 2010
By: Jefferson MRC
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Benchmark: All
Location: Jefferson County
Length: 9
Northwest Straits Initiative Annual Report 2010
The annual report for the Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative for the year 2010.
By: Northwest Straits, Caroline Gibson, Ginny Broadhurst
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Benchmark: All
Location: Northwest Straits
Length: 32
Eelgrass Survey of South Discovery Bay
The Jefferson County Marine Resources Committee contracted with Marine Resources Consultants to prepare a Geographic Information System (GIS) layer for Jefferson County showing eelgrass bed locations in Discovery Bay during the summer of 2010. A secondary goal was to collect the data necessary to monitor changes in eelgrass parameters at three critical locations—the headwaters of Discovery Bay
By: Norris, Jim; Fraser, Ian; Jefferson MRC
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Benchmark: Marine Habitat
Location: Jefferson County
Length: 19
Whatcom MRC 2010 Annual Report
Summary of Whatcom MRC projects in 2010
By: Whatcom MRC
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Benchmark: All
Location: Whatcom County
Length: 9
2010 Nearshore Report; The Work of Island County Marine Resources
Publication on the work of the Island County MRC
By: Dan Pedersen
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Benchmark: All
Location: Island County
Length: 8
Skagit MRC 2010 Annual Report
Summary of the Skagit MRC 2010 projects
By: Skagit MRC
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Benchmark: All
Location: Skagit County
Length: 20