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2004 Meetings ArchivesFall 2004 | Summer 2004 | Spring 2004 | Winter 2004 Fall 2004 Meeting
Download Estuary Tour Guide and meeting Agenda BackgroundBlyn, Washington, where Jimmycomelately and other small creeks enter the
head of Sequim Bay, has been the site of substantial shoreline modification
since the early 1900s. Development of sawmills, log-boom moorage, commercial
docks, and a state highway, was accompanied by shoreline fill, over-water
structures, and the straightening of meandering estuarine channels.
In 2002 the Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe began a comprehensive effort to
restore the lower reaches of Jimmycomelately Creek, its estuarine channels
and several hundred acres of adjacent intertidal habitat. The project
entailed land acquisition and land swaps, a new bridge on Highway 101, road
closures and access relocation, fill removal and wetland restoration,
massive re-grading and re-configuration of the shoreline, and re-creation of
many of the original estuarine drainage channels. Complicating the process
were the multiplicity of land ownerships (tribal, state, private) and
regulatory jurisdictions (county, state, tribal, federal).
References and Recommended ReadingClallam County. 2000. Draft Salmon Habitat and Ecosystem Conservation Plan: Clallam County's Ecosystem Recovery Strategy and ESA Regulatory Compliance for Watershed Conservation Planning, New Urban & Rural Development, and Road Maintenance. Clallam County Dept of Community Development. Port Angeles. Also available at http://www.clallam.net/environment/assets/applets/watershed.pdf Summer 2004 Meeting
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Download Meeting Agenda (204 kb. pdf file)
Download Hugh Shipman's Presentation, Introduction to Drift Cells (272 kb. pdf file)
Download Jim Johannessen's Presentation, Drift Cell Management (1.9 mb. pdf file)
Download Tom Terich's 's Presentation, Sediment Budgets (48 kb. pdf file)
Download Peter Namtvedt Best's Presentation, Managing the Shoreline Landscape (4.1 mb. pdf file)
Caution: This is large file that loads slowly on a dial-up connection and has a defective first slide.
Wolf Bauer's presentation, "The Inland Sea" was videotaped and will be available soon on CD. Contact Julie Hahn to borrow a copy when it becomes available.
Puget Sound Shorelines: Shore Drift. An introductory primer on drift cells
and shore drift on the Dept of Ecology
Puget Sound Shorelines web site.
The Coast of Puget Sound: Its Processes and Development. John Downing, 1983.
Washington Sea Grant Program, Seattle. This classic is still in print, and a
bargain at $8.95 on the Washington Sea Grant
Publications web site.
Washington Digital Coastal Atlas Drift Cells Mapping. To view drift cell
mapping for the Washington coast, from the
Digital Atlas home page click the "start mapping" icon, open the Physical
Features Data Layer, expand the Physical Features folder, and select Drift Cells.
Then on the map, using the cross-hair cursor, drag a box around the part of the
coast for which you want to view drift cells. The map will zoom in and redraw
showing drift cells.
Net Shore-drift in Washington State. The original research behind drift cell
mapping by students of Dr. Maury Schwartz at Western Washington University is
still in print at the Department of Ecology. For additional information, e-mail
Doug Canning.
Living with the Shore of Puget Sound and the Georgia Strait. Tom Terich,
1987. Duke University Press, Durham, NC. In this book Tom has combined information
on Puget Sound beach processes with the WWU drift cell mapping, and guidance for
"living with the shore." Still in print at $19.95 paperback or $64.95 hardback
at Duke University Press.
Managing Puget Sound Shorelines - one drift cell at a time. A special issue
of Puget Sound Notes featuring The importance of waves and wave climate (David
Finlaysen and Hugh Shipman), Shoreline changes and the human footprint: Lessons
from Hood Canal (Ted Labbe), and Shoreline Management Areas: A Tool for shoreline
ecosystem management (Peter Namtvedt Best). Available in Acrobat format from the
Puget Sound Action Team.
The Future of Falmouth's South Shore. In April 2000, the Falmouth (Massachusetts)
Board of Selectmen formed the Coastal Resources Working Group and charged them
with developing a science-based set of scenarios for managing Falmouth's eroding
south shore. This citizen committee adopted a 100-year planning horizon and
recommended many of the things we talk about. A summary and access to their full
report plus appendices is at the
Town of Falmouth web site. The project is described in an article in EPA's
National Estuary Program newsletter
Coastlines.
Bainbridge Island Shoreline Master Program Planning. Bainbridge Island is
in the process of updating its Shoreline Master Program, including conducting a
nearshore assessment. The
Shoreline Management Update page describes the entire process, and the
Nearshore Assessment
page describes that program including a Nearshore Assessment Summary of Beast
Available Science, and a nearshore structures inventory paper.
Download Meeting Agenda (48 KB .pdf file - requires Acrobat Reader)
Download Bob Goodwin's presentation: "Integrating Science, Planning, and Emergency Response" (728 KB .pdf file)
Download Alan Hamlet's presentation: "Land Cover and Climate Effects on Flood Prediction and Forecasting" (1.3 MB .pdf file)
Download Hal Mofjeld's presentation: "Threats from the Sound" (1.3 MB .pdf file)
Download Douglas Canning's presentation: "Climate Variability, Climate Change, and Sea Level Rise in Puget Sound: Practical Applications" (120 KB .pdf file)
Download Jane Preuss' presentation: "Integrating Emergency Management and Planning at the Local Level" (324 KB .pdf file)
Download Susan Grigsby/Stephen Stanley's presentation: "A Watershed-scale Flood Management Decision-assistance Tool: Leavenworth's Ski Hill Watershed Case Example" (2.2 MB .pdf file)
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