Multiple private landowners along Broken Point, Shaw Island have been working with Friends of the San Juans and Coastal Geologic Services to improve the management of their shoreline. A final design to remove a 220 linear foot vertical treated wood bulkhead and its extensive associated rock backfill has been completed; permits have been initiated and landowner commitment secured.
The project objective is to unbury and restore the upper intertidal beach and backshore habitats to natural grade, substrate, and vegetation. The toe of the structure to be removed is located just below MHHW. All treated wood, rock backfill and other associated fill material will be removed, including the adjacent shed/outbuilding. This will unbury approximately 4,400 square feet of upper intertidal beach as well as 5,000 square feet of backshore. In addition, scattered armor rock that is burying the adjacent 3,600 square feet of mid and upper beach just north of the bulkhead will also be removed to restore the natural beach substrate beneath, for an overall restoration treatment length of 350 linear feet and 13,000 square feet of marine shoreline habitat.
Friends of the San Juans (Friends) completed a beach restoration project at Broken Point on Shaw Island, in collaboration with the private waterfront property owner. The goal of the project was to remove toxic creosote and unbury upper intertidal and backshore habitat in support of salmon and salmon prey. Project actions included full removal of a 235 linear foot vertical creosote wood and rock fill bulkhead and fallen armor rock debris from an adjacent intertidal beach. All treated wood, rock backfill, and other associated fill material was removed; the adjacent shed was relocated inland. The project restored 370 linear feet of shoreline and 13,000 square feet of intertidal and backshore marine habitats. The beach restoration project is located within one of four high priority forage fish spawning regions of San Juan County (Friends 2004). Recent surveys also identified Pacific sand lance and surf smelt spawn on the eastern shores of the same tax parcel. The project is in a high priority fish use area for chinook and forage fish rearing and forage fish spawning habitat factors (PIAT II 2017). Eelgrass is present in the project area. SRFB grant funds, along with landowner match, will support permitting and implementation of intertidal and backshore beach restoration actions. Removal of this toxic, low elevation bulkhead restored beach habitat and nearshore processes in a priority forage fish spawning region of San Juan County and provided a demonstration project to illustrate how armoring doesn't prevent coastal flooding, how armor removals can meet multiple objectives of improved shoreline access for property owners as well as improved habitat quantity and quality as well as for managed retreat, as an outbuilding and the garden were relocated landward. A site tour was made as part of a summer 2023 Friends event on Shaw with 16 Shaw Island residents and broken pt neighbors toured the site during and following construction (n=8). The project also planted more than 2,500 dune grass and approximately 150 native shrubs, using Islands Conservation Corps crews who received education on restoration project planning and construction, as well as hands on planting techniques, as part of the project.
FUNDING ENTRIES FROM GRANT PROJECT AGREEMENT
Type | Date | Funding Org | Funding Program | Match | Amount |
Requested | 04/24/2020 | Friends of the San Juans | | Match | $23,150.00 |
Requested | 04/24/2020 | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | Salmon State Projects | | $131,164.00 |
Allocated | 04/24/2024 | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | Salmon Federal Projects | | $40,000.00 |
Allocated | 04/24/2024 | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | ESRP Small Projects | | $97,508.92 |
Allocated | 04/24/2024 | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | Puget Sound Acq. & Restoration | | $125,846.00 |
Spent | 10/02/2023 | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | Salmon Federal Projects | | -$40,000.00 |
Spent | 12/18/2023 | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | Puget Sound Acq. & Restoration | | -$125,846.00 |
Spent | 04/24/2024 | Friends of the San Juans | | Match | -$0.00 |
Spent | 04/24/2024 | Recreation and Conservation Office (RCO) | ESRP Small Projects | | -$97,508.92 |
Grant Project Agreement Totals |
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$154,314.00 |
$154,314.00 |
$263,354.92 |
$263,354.92 |
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PHOTOS
LOCATION
Chinook-Pop (ESU): | Chinook-Puget Sound, Threatened |
Chum-Pop (ESU): | Chum-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Not Warranted |
Coho-Pop (ESU): | Coho-Puget Sound/Strait of Georgia, Species of Concern |
County: | San Juan |
HUC12: | Haro Strait-Strait of Georgia (171100030700) |
HUC12: | Orcas Island (171100030400) |
HUC8: | San Juan Islands (17110003) |
Lead Entity Area: | San Juan County |
Legislative District: | 40 |
Pink-Pop (ESU): | Pink-Odd Year, Not Warranted |
Puget Sound Action Areas: | San Juan Islands |
Salmon Recovery Regions: | Puget Sound |
Sections: | 20 |
Sections: | 21 |
Steelhead-Pop (ESU): | Steelhead-Puget Sound, Threatened |
Township: | T36NR02W |
Watershed Administrative Unit: | Orcas Island |
Watershed Administrative Unit: | Shaw Island |
WRIA: | San Juan |
| | APPLICATION | | FINAL | |
RESTORATION METRICS |
| Miles of Stream and/or Shoreline Treated or Protected (C.0.b) | 0.06 | mi | 0.06 | mi |
| *Total Amount Of Estuarine / Nearshore Acres Treated (C.9.b) | 0.30 | acres | 0.30 | acres |
| Beach nourishment (C.9.l.1) | | | | |
| Acres Treated for beach nourishment (C.9.l.4) | 0.10 | acres | 0.10 | acres |
| Miles of Shoreline Treated for beach nourishment (C.9.l.3) | 0.07 | mi | 0.07 | mi |
| Estuarine planting or native plant establishment (C.9.r.1) | | | | |
| Acres of Estuarine planting or native plant establishment (C.9.r.3) | 0.20 | acres | 0.20 | acres |
| Regrading of slope (C.9.i.1) | | | | |
| Acres of Estuary Treated through slope regrading (C.9.i.2) | 0.10 | acres | 0.10 | acres |
| Shoreline armor removal or modification (C.9.k.1) | | | | |
| Acres of Shoreline Treated for armor modification/removal (C.9.k.3) | 0.20 | acres | 0.20 | acres |
| Miles of Shoreline Treated for armor modification/removal (C.9.k.2) | 0.04 | mi | 0.04 | mi |