An update on our Project Spotlight: Maylor Point Feeder Bluff Armor Removal.
On September 19, 2018, years of hard work came to fruition as the restoration of hundreds of feet of feeder bluff kicked-off at Maylor Point, part of Naval Air Station Whidbey.
The restoration efforts, led by the Northwest Straits Foundation, generated lots of local excitement with articles in the Whidbey News-Times and the Whidbey Weekly. Tires, creosote wooden bulkhead, large angular rock, and concrete pillows were all removed from the beach, restoring over one thousand feet of shoreline.
Before and after removal at Maylor Point. Source: Northwest Straits Foundation
What happens next?
The Northwest Straits Foundation will be documenting the short term response of the beach and bluff through post-restoration as built surveys in late 2018 and summer 2019 as well as monitoring of physical and biological variables using protocols from the Shoreline Monitoring Toolbox.
Did you know: The Habitat Strategic Initiative is working to refine and implement the Shoreline Armoring Implementation Strategy which aims to reduce impacts of hard armor along Puget Sound’s shorelines and support efforts that educate and create incentives for change.