PINER POINT ONMAURY ISLANDConserving Puget Sound Shoreline through Land Acquisition and Restoration
WRIA 9 partners, King County and KCD, have permanently protected over a third of a mile of Puget Sound shoreline at Piner Point, located on the southeast end of Maury Island adjacent to the WA State Maury Island Aquatic Reserve. Historic and current land use practices in King County have degraded nearshore habitats by interrupting habitat forming processes and degrading both water and sediment quality.
• With new 2014 acquisitions, the Piner Point Natural Area, protects over 13.5 acres of coastal bluff backed beach and 2000 feet of ecologically valuable shoreline. Piner Point is in both a landslide and erosion hazard area.
• Increasing the health of the nearshore habitat—including removing the creosote bulkhead that was degrading the beach—is key to salmon recovery. The Maury Island shoreline has documented surf smelt, sand lance, and Pacific herring spawning grounds. The overhanging vegetation at the Creates quality habitat for these forage fish consumed by juvenile salmon.
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Project highlights:
• Removed a cabin andsurrounding infrastructure
• Removed and disposed of thebulkhead constructed of creosote pilings
• Removed invasive species and replanted with native plants and shrubs
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