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2013 Autumn | Natural Science & Restoration

Shoreline Restoration on Bainbridge Island

Student(s):

Courtney Blume

Program or Department(s):

  • Program on the Environment

Site supervisor(s):

Jeff Adams

Partner(s):

  • Washington Sea Grant

Faculty advisor(s):

Jeff Cordell, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington

During my project, I worked with Washington Sea Grant on a shoreline monitoring and restoration project at a property on Bainbridge Island. My project consisted of post- monitoring of a beach that had bulkheads removed from it. I measured the slope and the biological life of the beach. After conducting my monitoring, I graphed the slope of the beach pre-removal and post-removal of the bulkheads to compare and determine the change, if any. I also compared the biological data from pre-armoring removal and post-armoring removal to see how it changed.