Marine Nearshore Restoration Recommendations Whatcom County Shoreline Management Project

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Old Fish 6 Packers Pier Tongue Point Blaine Marina Site Specific Recommendations t pi S o o hm ia m e S Semiahmoo Restoration Site 5 Marina Shoreline Reach Breaks

The large platform and foundation could be removed to restore the beach and fringing marsh D Shoreline Modifications 1 2 a kota Cr 3 Removal of bulkheads that protrude into 4 Retaining Walls Remove the intertidal dilapidated Groins and Jetties dock 5 6 Miscellaneous Structures 1 7 C al 8 Piers ifo rn ia 9 2 C r Platforms 4 3 C r 4 nd Bulkheads ra rt Birch Point 5 e Outfall PipesB

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7 Administrative Boundries r 2 e Birch Bay v Village Marina 3 i 8 R Lummi Nation k Remove groins and bulkheads c a along Birch Bay Drive to restore upper s k beach and backshore habitats Whatcom County oo N e m ns t Mai 2 For more information on restoration sites, includi1ng non site-specific recommendations, see the Whatcom County Shoreline Management Project Inventory & 1 Characterization Report (Backgr1ound document Vol. I) and the Marine Resources Committee Document, Restoration Recommendations by Shoreline Reach by Coastal Ge1o1logic Services and Adolfson and9 Assoc1ia0 tes (2006).

2 DATA SOURCES: Restoration Sites - Coastal Geologic Remove bulkheads along these bluffs, which are the sole Services, Inc., Mod8ifications - WC 2005 (Pictometry 2004), T sediment source for accretionary shoreforms and valuable er r ell C Outfall Pipes - REsources, DNR, Pictometry, Contour lines 2 habitat in Birch Bay and State Park reaches r 1 10 meter intervals, USGS Elevation labels in feet. Point Whitehorn 0 0.5 1 2 Miles 7 A r e a M a p

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Remove dumped debris from bluff face and beach Bellingham

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Reduce intertidal slope, reduce impervious surfaces and Cha-Choo-Sen

L u create riparian buffer/dune habitat to aid with flood control m m i F la issues in the basin. Portions of the undeveloped ts N Sandy Point o Marina ok (filled) uplands could be restored to marsh sa ck Sandy Point 2 D i st ri bu ta ry Lummi Aquaculture Farm 1 2 1

Restoration opportunities include removing extensive dikes and tide gates across the Red River Delta to restore Remove abundant wood debris 1 tidal inundation and greatly increase fish habitat smothering nearshore sediments along the Cliffside community beach

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e Remove sediment impoundments and Debris removal and exotic species removal y and revegetation with native plants at Little a alongshore drift impediments such rw te a W as this failed concrete and rock bulkhead Squalicum Creek mouth/estuary m u c li a u y q a S rw Debris removal and restoration of the armored te a W t Point Migley e Squalicum Harbor e tr shore around the west side of the Mount Baker S J d n Seal Rock Broken concrete bulkhead sections a Plywood area would provide habitat improvements I could be removed from the Remove derelict drift nets, y Bulkheads could be scaled back or moved landward a rw foreshore, primarily around debris, and other foreign material te a W k where possible and picnic structures over what would Gooseberry Point e from the Lummi Shore Road beaches re C m be active beach should be removed o tc a h W West Beach Restoration opportunities along the Bellingham nearshore were not L an e S Conduct beach monitoring to ensure the beach assessed in this study pit Lummi nourishment is continued, as begun under Point the USACE-constructed revetment Fern Point Gooseberry Point Fishermans Cove

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USER'S AGREEMENT WITH THE FOLLOWING Remove relict structures in Lummi Island STATEMENT: backshore/marsh environments Ferry Dock with marsh restoration Brant Point Whatcom County disclaims any warranty of Village Point merchantability or warranty of fitness of this map for Old Wharf any particular purpose, either express or implied. No Removal of a failed solid fill pier, Portage Point P ad C r representation or warranty is made concerning the large rock groin, concrete debris d e n Lover's Bluff accuracy, currency, completeness or quality of data and derelict piles in the western 1 depicted on this map. Any user of this map assumes Bumstead N portion of Legoe Bay would eo Post Point Spit nt aw all responsibility for use thereof, and further agrees an ta benefit the nearshore B ea to hold Whatcom County harmless from and against ch any damage, loss, or liability arising from any use of this map. Remove derelict

piles (likely creosoted) Portage Island ckan C hu ut Cr 1 Lummi Island Echo Point

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Clark's Point

Baker's Reef Chuckanut Rock Smugglers The shore that is not in use could be restored Cove through removal of fill and riparian restoration to Artificial beach nourishment along some portion of the resemble the rocky shore prior to mining operations sediment-starved beaches should occur until the Burlington Northern revetment can be removed Point Roberts Insert Chuckanut Island

Lummi Rocks

Govenors Chuckanut Reil Harbor Point Point P le a s a n t B a The Elm St outfall structure, short groin, and y the old pilings could be at least partially removed to free up beach area and Removal of rock bulkheads in the remove the foreign material southern and central portion of the Roberts, Point Remove derelict reach, where erosion does not piles (likely Whiskey Rock Three Rocks appear to be substantial creosoted) Eliza Island Wildcat Cove

Remove abandoned pilings north Old Cannery - Pilings, slag piles, and of Lighthouse Park (including various debris such as concrete pieces Eliza Rock San Juan Islands by the west end of Gulf Road) could be cleaned up from the intertidal National Wildlife Refuge

and backshore Carter Point A row of houses/cabins with revetments cause bluff sediment Remove the old telephone building and associated impoundment; restore marine riparian vegetation Viti Rocks shore defense structures, this includes a soldier pile bulkhead and boulder and debris revetment