Description: A barrier beach is a linear ridge of sand or gravel extending above high tide, built by wave action and sediment deposition seaward of the original coastline. Includes variety of depositional coastal landforms, including spits, tombolos, cuspate forelands, and barrier islands. The Barrier Embayment Strategy aims to protect and restore sediment input and transport processes to littoral drift cells where bluff erosion sustains barrier beaches that form barrier embayments, and restore the tidal flow processes found therein. These analyses are intended to serve as a durable framework, allowing us to evaluate a proposed action and its ability to restore or protect ecosystem dynamics and services in the context of a site, a sub-basin and the region, providing a powerful basis for planning and prioritization.
Copyright Text: PSNERP Project Team (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District; Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; and PSNERP Nearshore Science Team), Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Program, and Anchor QEA Consultant Team.
Description: A beach is the gently-sloping zone of unconsolidated sediment along the shoreline that is moved by waves, wind and tidal currents. The Beach Strategy aims to protect and restore sediment input and transport processes in littoral drift cells where wave energy results in bluff erosion that sustains beach structure. These analyses are intended to serve as a durable framework, allowing us to evaluate a proposed action and its ability to restore or protect ecosystem dynamics and services in the context of a site, a sub-basin and the region, providing a powerful basis for planning and prioritization.
Copyright Text: PSNERP Project Team (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District; Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; and PSNERP Nearshore Science Team), Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Program, and Anchor QEA Consultant Team.
Description: The Coastal Inlet Strategy aims to protect and restore tidal flow processes in coastal inlets, and protect and restore freshwater input and detritus transport processes therein. These systems are defined by an area protected from wave energy by landscape configuration, and largely independent on sediment transport systems. These analyses are intended to serve as a durable framework, allowing us to evaluate a proposed action and its ability to restore or protect ecosystem dynamics and services in the context of a site, a sub-basin and the region, providing a powerful basis for planning and prioritization.
Copyright Text: PSNERP Project Team (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District; Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; and PSNERP Nearshore Science Team), Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Program, and Anchor QEA Consultant Team.
Description: The Coastal Inlet Strategy aims to protect and restore tidal flow processes in coastal inlets, and protect and restore freshwater input and detritus transport processes therein. These systems are defined by an area protected from wave energy by landscape configuration, and largely independent on sediment transport systems. These analyses are intended to serve as a durable framework, allowing us to evaluate a proposed action and its ability to restore or protect ecosystem dynamics and services in the context of a site, a sub-basin and the region, providing a powerful basis for planning and prioritization.
Copyright Text: PSNERP Project Team (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District; Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; and PSNERP Nearshore Science Team), Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Program, and Anchor QEA Consultant Team.
Description: A delta is the deposit of sediment formed at a stream or river mouth, or other location where the slowing of water flow results in sediment deposition. The River Delta Strategy aims to protect and restore freshwater input and tidal flow processes where major river floodplains meet marine waters. These analyses are intended to serve as a durable framework, allowing us to evaluate a proposed action and its ability to restore or protect ecosystem dynamics and services in the context of a site, a sub-basin and the region, providing a powerful basis for planning and prioritization.
Copyright Text: PSNERP Project Team (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Seattle District; Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife; and PSNERP Nearshore Science Team), Salmon and Steelhead Habitat Inventory and Assessment Program, and Anchor QEA Consultant Team.