Fish Habitat will be restored at Orcas Pocket Beach
Posted November 6, 2014 at 5:37 am by Tim Dustrude
Pocket beaches, those small beaches located between rocky headlands that play such a prominent role in the character of San Juan County’s marine shorelines, also play a key role as habitat for rearing juvenile fish, including salmon, forage fish, lingcod and greenling.
FRIENDS of the San Juans recently secured state salmon recovery funding to help a private landowner restore a pocket beach on Orcas Island. “The location is within a priority surf smelt spawning region of the county, and the project will restore fish habitat by removing extensive creosote wood and rock from over 200 linear feet of beach and bank,” said Tina Whitman, FRIENDS’ Science Director.
Final designs are in progress and implementation is planned for late summer of 2015. For more information on beach habitat, restoration opportunities or creosote removal programs, please contact FRIENDS at 360-378-2319 or
tina [@] sanjuans [.] org.
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