Shoreline Technical Assistance for Homeowners in the Puget Sound Region
Point of Contact
Sydney Fishman, sfishma@uw.edu
Description
The Puget Sound Partnership (“the Partnership”), in its 2020 Recovery Target for Puget Sound, recognized that one strategy for protecting and restoring habitat along Puget Sound is to remove or reduce construction of armoring and encourage design of soft-shore alternatives on residential properties. However, the typical shoreline homeowner may not have access to information about alternative approaches for addressing specific conditions on his or her property. Washington Sea Grant (WSG), with guidance from the Partnership, conducted research to determine the components necessary for providing technical assistance to shoreline homeowners. This report describes the results of the research and provides a framework for determining what would be included in a comprehensive regional technical assistance program. This program framework can be used by the Partnership, state agencies, or nonprofits in the Puget Sound region to evaluate how to build such a program.