Habitat Restoration Program

People For Puget Sound's Habitat Restoration program began in 1995 to preserve and enhance ecosystems in some of Puget Sound's most industrialized shores on the Duwamish River. The program now includes shoreline restoration sites from Orcas Island in the San Juans to Mud Bay in Olympia, and is actively involved in promoting the practice of restoration across the Sound.

Central Puget Sound

KING COUNTY SITES

Project:      Hamm Creek Estuary Creation
Location:   South Park neighborhood, Seattle, Duwamish River
Work:         Establish native plant community for salmon and wildlife
Result:       Food and shelter for salmon, eagles, herons and wildlife

Project:      Herring's House Park Habitat Creation
Location:   West Marginal Way SW, Seattle, Duwamish River
Work:         Soil excavation, planting and park creation
Result:       Public access to river and bird, fish and wildlife habitat

Project:      General Service Administration Marsh Restoration
Location:   Diagonal Avenue, East Marginal Way, Seattle, Duwamish River
Work:         Wetland restoration and intertidal bench creation
Result:       Restore wetland functions and wildlife habitat

Project:      Diagonal Marsh, Terminal 108
Location:   Diagonal Avenue, East Marginal Way, Seattle, Duwamish River
Work:         Wetland restoration and native plantings
Result:       Restore wetland functions and wildlife habitat

KITSAP COUNTY SITES

North Puget Sound

SNOHOMISH COUNTY SITES

Project:        Union Slough Wetland Restoration
Location:     West if I-5, south of Marysville, Snohomish County
Work:           Stewardship weeding and planting native vegetation; monitoring
Result:         Restore mudflat and tidal marsh plant and animal community
 

SKAGIT, ISLAND & WHATCOM COUNTY SITES

SAN JUAN COUNTY SITES

Project:        Deer Harbor Shoreline Restoration
Location:     Deer Harbor, Orcas Island
Work:           Shoreline planting and improvements to tributary stream
Result:         Restore fish passage in one of the largest salt marshes and tidal mud flats in the San Juan Archipelago

South Puget Sound

THURSTON & MASON COUNTY SITES

Project:     Mud Bay Randall Property Shoreline Restoration
Location:  Mud Bay, Olympia
Work:        Old tire removal and planting of upland vegetation
Result:      Restoration of juvenile salmon and bird habitat

PIERCE COUNTY SITES

Hood Canal and West Puget Sound

JEFFERSON & CLALLAM COUNTY SITES

 Contact Robin Clark, (206) 382-7007.