DESCRIPTION
Island County Public Works received a loan from WA Dept. of Ecology and a grant from WA Dept. of Fish and Wildlife to study the feasibility of restoring intertidal marsh to some or all of the old Iverson Farm, located on the western edge of Livingston Bay on Camano Island. The purpose of the feasibility study is to 'evaluate the options for passive site development and wetland/shoreline habitat enhancement...consistent with applicable Island County codes.' Two firms were contracted to prepare elements of the feasibility assessment - Sheldon & Associates, Inc. and Phillip Williams Associates. Sheldon & Associates, Inc. assessed the effects from identified alternatives on the availability of habitat for fish and wildlife inside and outside the existing dike, with special emphasis on juvenile fish habitat. Phillip Williams Associates conducted a comparison of flooding and tidal inundation exten for each alternative.