Shore Friendly Kitsap - West Sound Watersheds Council

Shore Friendly Kitsap
Kitsap County Board of County Commissioners Briefing
Monday May 2nd, 2016 This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement PC 00J29801 to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Puget Sound Marine & Nearshore Grant Program. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or recommendation for use.
Shoreline armor = vital sign
Shoreline armor removal is one of the Puget Sound Partnership’s
22 Ecosystem Recovery Targets
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Armored vs. Unarmored
• 48% of all Puget Sound parcels are mapped as armored (29% of shore length, 800 miles)
• Kitsap has the most shoreline residential parcels in Puget Sound (7,800)
• 4,700 of those are armored
Background
Puget Sound Marine & Nearshore Grant Program
• WDFW
• Washington DNR
• Goal to reduce total hard armor 2014‐2015 Social Marketing Strategy Developed
• Colehour + Cohen as lead
• Social Marketing Toolkit developed through a formative research effort
• Other key information and decision points
2015‐2016 (now through 2018)
• Kitsap implementation
Goals of Shore Friendly campaign
• Understand motivations regarding use of shoreline armoring techniques
• Help overcome barriers using tools and incentives
oConcern about erosion (61%)
oExpense (54%)
oPermitting process (28%)
oLack of knowledge about effects of armor
• Measure the behavior change outcome
Goals and Actions for Kitsap
Implement Social Marketing Strategies to reduce hard armor. For Kitsap that means working with volunteer homeowners to remove all or part of their existing bulkhead
• Assistance and Guidance: website (www. shorefriendlykitsap.com), free site visits Promotions: Tours, demonstration sites, event outreach
• Financial incentives: grants, geotechnical reports
• Non‐financial incentives: shore friendly permit process, shore friendly volunteers
• Key Messenger Tools: real estate broker workshops
To have at least 5 bulkhead removal projects in the works
Outreach
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29 interested contacts from passive outreach at events
12 initial site visits conducted by WSU/Sea Grant and volunteers
8 site assessments completed by geologist
2 homeowners are moving forward
Of the remaining 17 interested, half are from a recent events and the others are in the process of scheduling
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Permitting
• Working within existing rules and regulations to streamline restoration permitting
• Variety of projects complicating simplification of the process, but we may be able to offer no‐fee and expedited local permitting
• Continuing to work with appropriate state agencies to make permanent changes to rules to further incentivize restoration actions by private homeowners.
Boat Tour • August 2, 2016
• Departs from Suquamish at 6:30pm
• Primary audience: shoreline property owners interested in Shore Friendly program
• Secondary audiences: policy and elected officials; general public
• Video being produced to capture tour and demonstration projects
Coming Soon….
• Additional grant awarded for $100,000 to continue work through September 2018.
• Postcards mailed
• Boat Tour invitations
Questions?
Thank you!!
Shore Friendly Team
• Restoration Incentive Mini‐Grants
• Simplified Restoration Permitting Process
Kathlene Barnhart, Kitsap County DCD
Kirvie Mesebelu‐Yobeck, Kitsap County DCD
Kathy Peters, Kitsap County DCD
Christina Kereki, Kitsap County DCD
Renee Johnson, WSU Kitsap Extension
Jeff Adams, UW Sea Grant
Heather Trim, Futurewise
VOLUNTEERS!!
Grantors
Environmental Protection Agency, National Estuary Program
WA Department of Fish and Wildlife
WA Department of Natural Resources
This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under Assistance Agreement PC 00J29801
to Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the
Environmental Protection Agency, nor does mention of trade names or commercial products constitute endorsement or Recommendation for use.