Description: The Chinook and Bull Trout Recovery Approach for South Puget Sound (NOAA Fisheries 2007) outlined discrete habitat types found along the shoreline that were hypothesized to be beneficial to juvenile salmonids. Each of these habitats contributes to the four essential nearshore eco-system functions beneficial to juvenile salmonids described by Simenstad (1982) and William and Thom (2001). This dataset represents those shoreline segments deemed to be 'more' and 'most' beneficial to salmonids based on the presence of various habitat(s) and ecological structures and functions.
Description: The Chinook and Bull Trout Recovery Approach for South Puget Sound (NOAA Fisheries 2007) outlined discrete habitat types found along the shoreline that were hypothesized to be beneficial to juvenile salmonids. Each of these habitats contributes to the four essential nearshore eco-system functions beneficial to juvenile salmonids described by Simenstad (1982) and William and Thom (2001). This dataset represents those shoreline segments deemed to be 'more' and 'most' beneficial to salmonids based on the presence of various habitat(s) and ecological structures and functions.
Description: This layer represents nearshore areas that might be well suited for conservation efforts. Areas ideal for conservation must have high "limitng" scores (i.e., not degraded) and high "beneficial" scores (i.e., existing benefital factors). Jenks natural breaks method was used to create 5 classes for both limiting and beneficial scores. Units which score in the top two classes for both limiting and benefit scores are considered high priority conservation areas.
Description: This layer represents nearshore areas that might be well suited for restoration efforts. Areas ideal for restoration must have low "limitng" scores (i.e., degraded) and high "beneficial" scores (i.e., existing benefital factors). Jenks natural breaks method was used to create 5 classes for both limiting and beneficial scores. Units which score in the top two benefits classes, and the bottom two limting classes, are considered high priority restoration areas.