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Map, Report and Data Distribution

San Juan County Nearshore Habitats Map - Includes surf smelt and pacific sand lance spawning beaches, Pacific herring spawning grounds, deep water edge of eelgrass habitat and bull kelp habitat.

You'll need either Adobe Acrobat Reader (download), Google Maps (download) or ArcView


Acrobat Map

Combined Layers (pdf)


Google Maps

San Juan County surf smelt and pacific sand lance spawning habitats

San Juan County known and reported Pacific herring spawning sites

Bull Kelp Distribution

San Juan County Eelgrass Habitat
(deep water edge
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ArcView

Zip File



 

google earth, san juan islands

Reports

San Juan County surf smelt and pacific sand lance spawning habitats:

San Juan County Forage Fish Spawning Habitat Assessment Report

Forage Fish Habitat Map book


San Juan County known and reported Pacific herring spawning sites:

Exploratory Herring Spawn Surveys Report


Bull Kelp Distribution

WDNR Protocol Report

Friends of the San Juans Kelp Habitat White Paper


San Juan County Eelgrass Habitat (deep water edge):

San Juan County Eelgrass Report and Maps


San Juan County Eelgrass Research

Annual Eelgrass Monitoring Maps

- Blind Bay

- Fisherman Bay

- Westcott Bay

Restoration Assessment of Eelgrass Decline Report



Restoration and Protection Planning

Analysis of Shoreline Permit Activity 1972-2005

Spatially explicit report on shoreline permit activities and trends for San Juan County.


San Juan County Nearshore Impact Assessment

This report summarizes the Countys direct impacts to nearshore marine species and habitats through ownership and management of shoreline infrastructure.


Soft Shore Restoration Blueprint and Appendix

Restoration prioritization for modified beaches in documented and potential forage fish spawning habitat in San Juan County.  In partnership with Coastal Geologic Services.


Mud Bay, Lopez Island Restoration Blueprint

Restoration prioritization for modified beaches in the Mud Bay region of Lopez Island.  In partnership with Coastal Geologic Services.


Mackaye Harbor Community Nearshore Restoration Feasibility

Restoration prioritization and community engagement for impacted intertidal and coastal wetland habitats in the MacKaye Harbor region of Lopez Island. In partnership with Coastal Geologic Services.

MacKaye Harbor Restoraion Report

Habitat Protection Blueprint Project

Identification of most important shoreline habitat sites for long term protection using existing conservation strategies such as acquisition, easement or tax incentive program.  Geographic Systems modeling effort that incorporates biological, land use, landscape and landowner willingness information into the analysis.


Other Reports

Puget Sound Basin - Biodiversity Assessment

Published by the Center for Biological Diversity, with assistance from FRIENDS

Marine Mammals and Acoustic Pollution

By: Rebecca J. Bressan, Washington State University Sponsored by, Samish Indian Nation and The FRIENDS of the San Juans



PO Box 1344, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 Phone: (360) 378-2319, Fax: (360) 378-2324


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