The San Juan County Land Bank used this funding to remove a derelict concrete swimming pool that was built in 1935 along the easterly shore of Deer Harbor on Orcas Island. The 253 linear feet of wall containing 80 cubic yards of concrete and approximately 20 cubic yards of rock acted as an obstruction to shoreline processes within the bay, affecting net shore-drift, inter-tidal vegetation, alongshore connectivity, and potential forage fish spawning habitat. Removal of the concrete pool walls will allow for natural shoreline processes and restoration of habitat linkages at this site. The project will: 1. Maintain the function of shallow, fine substrate features for juvenile salmonids. 2. Maintain the production of food resources for salmonids. 3. Improve and maintain functioning nearshore processes, most significantly sediment delivery and transport. 4. Restore alongshore connectivity. 5. Increase foraging area not only for salmonids, but for juvenile fish that occupty this site such as herring, English sole and surf smelt. Long-term benefits will be realized for these species currently managed as “at risk” by state or federal authorities: Chinook salmon, chum salmon, Pacific herring, eelgrass, bald eagle. The project occurred as scheduled and according to plan. Contractor participation and community support were exemplary. Project was well received and provided opportunities for education regarding near-shore marine habitats, shoreline processes and the importance of forage fish. As part of project planning and preparation of a Biologic Assessment for this site, the Land Bank contracted for an evaluation of coastal processes and an inventory of intertidal vegetation. The site is also an established location for multi-year county-wide forage fish survey being conducted by the Friends of the San Juans. Photo-point monitoring was established prior to pool removal and will continue at 6 month intervals for 5 years until 2013.