Basics
- Puget Sound Indicator Name
- Estuarine/nearshore habitat restoration
- Progress Indicator
- Acre (acres)
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- Last Updated
- 01/22/2024 07:55:17
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Description
Acres of estuarine/nearshore habitat improved through restoration activities
Progress Indicator Chart
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Accelerating restoration and acquisition efforts in estuaries is a key strategy for Puget Sound recovery. Estuaries support some of the most productive ecosystems on earth and provide important feeding and resting habitat for young salmon, migratory birds, and many other species. Estuaries also have important commercial, recreational, and environmental value for people.
This Progress Indicator tracks the cumulative acreage protected and restored by funded, in-progress, and completed Lead Entity restoration projects across Puget Sound. Lead entities are local, citizen-based, organizations that coordinate salmon recovery efforts in their local watersheds. Lead entities work with local and state agencies, tribes, citizens, and other community groups to ensure that salmon recovery actions, including habitat restoration efforts, are implemented.
The data collected for this Progress Indicator illustrate progress in accelerating funding and implementation of estuary restoration projects.
This Progress Indicator is in development.
Key Progress Indicator Results
This Progress Indicator is in development.
Methods
- Monitoring Program
- Data Source
Project lists as reported in Salmon Recovery Portal that include metrics with estimated acreages for a range of restoration activities across projects. These acreages are summed to quantify total acres improved in estuarine areas through restoration.
- Critical Definitions
Estuary/nearshore:
- Estuary: tidally influenced areas where fresh and marine waters mix, including protected embayments (modified from PCSRF Data Dictionary 2013 and Encyclopedia of Puget Sound).
- Nearshore: marine riparian, beaches, and shallow water environments of Puget Sound estuarine and marine shoreline areas representing the aquatic boundary between freshwater, air, land, and the open marine waters of Puget Sound (Nearshore Science Team 2003).
Interpretation of Results
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Reporting Guidance
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Subcategories
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