Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program Northwest Indian - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Meeting

Patricia Jatczak, WDFW & Maggie McKeown, WADNR February 28, 2013

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Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program

Marine and Nearshore LO

Funds actions that advance the Action Agenda & Habitat Strategic Initiative by protecting and restoring marine habitat and ecosystem functions

• Effective Regulation & Stewardship
• Capital Investment
• High Priority Threats: Oil Spills, Invasive Species
• Cross-Cutting
• Adaptive Management

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Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program

Habitat Strategic Initiative

Priorities of the Habitat Strategic Initiative, and Grants that Support Sub-Strategies and/or NTAs Sub- Strategy NTA Current LO Investments Round 4 Considerations B1.2 1

Supporting local governments to adopt and implement protective plans, policies, programs Already supporting sub-strategy + NTA

B1.3 2

Several projects that improve implementation, enforcement of laws, regulations, and permits Already supporting sub-strategy Already underway, NTA outside scope

B2.1 1

Three acquisitions that protect priority nearshore processes and habitat

Addressed in R4

Already supporting sub-strategy + NTA

B2.2 1

Several prioritized nearshore and estuary restoration projects (including one PSNERP) Already supporting sub-strategy + NTA

B2.3 1

Restoration projects removing shoreline armoring, and development of incentives and social marketing strategy

Addressed in R4

Already supporting sub-strategy + NTA

B5.3 2

Two projects support prevention, response to introduction, spread of aquatic invasive species Already supporting sub-strategy Not pursuing NTA given funding level in R4

C8.1 2

One project advances prevention and reduction

• f the risks of large oil spills

Already supporting sub-strategy + NTA

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Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program

Investment Development

Foundation of Investments

• Action Agenda for Puget Sound
• Direction from EPA, work plan & six-year strategy
• Collaboration with subject-matter experts &

management conference

Round 4 Proposal Development

• Leverage suite of current investments
• Six-year strategy (aligned with Action Agenda)
• Address key habitat issue

• 5000

5000 10000 15000 20000 25000 30000 35000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Armor Length (feet)

Year

Puget Sound Shoreline Armoring 2005-2010

New Remove Cumulative Net Created by Randy Carman, WA Dept of Fish & Wildlife

Total 2005-2010: New = 6.5 mi. Removal = 0.61 mi. Cumulative Net = 5.9 mi.

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Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program

Investment Strategy: Rounds 3 & 4

How do we reduce the amount of shoreline armoring in Puget Sound?

Educate: Outreach, demonstrate restoration, fill key info gaps Motivate: Social marketing, incentives for beach restoration Regulate: Improve compliance, enforcement, implementation Future goal: integrate tools and strategies to restore shorelines across

• wnership

boundaries

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Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program

Proposed Round 4 Approach

From Puget Sound Partnership.2012.2012 State of the Sound: A Biennual Report on the Recovery of Puget Sound. Tacoma, Washington. Page 192.

Motivate,

create

• pportunities

for landowners to choose alternatives to shoreline armoring

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Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program

Round 3 Tools that Support Round 4

Social Marketing Research and Strategy

• Gather data on target audience to understand barriers

and motivators

• Outline data driven strategies (products, price, etc.) to

change behavior

Incentives Toolkit

• Develop set of incentive approaches for Puget Sound

to reduce shoreline armoring

• Includes detailed guidance on strategies and

programmatic structures for implementation

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Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program

Proposed Round 4 Approach

Goal: Protect and restore Puget Sound beaches and ecosystem function

• Reduce shoreline armoring
• Motivate shoreline landowners to choose

alternatives to hard armoring

• Support local government and others to help

landowners be better stewards

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Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program

Proposed Round 4 Approach

Fund local governments and others to implement projects that motivate and incentivize a reduction in armoring

• Use incentives toolkit and social marketing

strategy to develop projects

• Informed by target audience research
• May target key areas or strategies
• Projects tailored to unique communities

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Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program

Key Decisions for Round 4

What?

• Forgo armoring,
• Remove existing armoring, and/or
• Replace with softer alternatives

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Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program

Key Decisions for Round 4

Who?

• Propose to focus on private residential

landowners

• Could also address public lands, railroad

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Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program

Key Decisions for Round 4

Where?

• Target areas with highest rates of new

armoring, or

• Areas with critical habitat (bluff-backed

beaches)

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Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program

Key Decisions for Round 4

Additional considerations

• What will make this funding opportunity

attractive to potential implementers?

• How can we ensure projects we support result

in long-term benefits for Puget Sound?

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Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program

Additional Round 4 Investments

If funds are available, what one additional NTA from the Habitat Strategic Initiative should we address?

• 1. B2.1 NTA 1: Permanently protect 10% of bluff-

backed beaches (through acquisition)

• 2. B2.2 NTA 1: Implementation of projects

identified by PSNERP

• 3. B5.3 NTA 2: Invasive species early detection and

monitoring

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Puget Sound Marine and Nearshore Grant Program

Wrap-up Thank you for your input!

Please provide written comments by March 7 on:

• Round 4 approach,
• Key decision points, and
• One additional NTA to pursue (if funds are

available)