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Biodiversity of Wildlife - Animals and Plants - in King County, Washington State

Dockton Shoreline Restoration
Habitat restoration capital project

Vicinity map - Dockton restoration project on Vashon/Maury Island 
Dockton Shoreline Restoration Project, Vashon-Maury Island
Large vicinity map (Acrobat pdf)

The Dockton Shoreline Restoration Project is located on Quartermaster Harbor, on Vashon-Maury Island.  Phase 1 of the project will remove up to 80 creosote-coated pilings and other debris from an intertidal area of Quartermaster Harbor while Phase 2 will restore beach-forming processes and salt marsh characteristics in a one-acre site along the shoreline.

Pilings will be removed using a crane mounted on a barge and will follow the Washington State Department of Natural Resources Best Management Practices (BMPs) for pile removal and disposal. Beach-forming processes and salt marsh characteristics will be restored to the site by removing approximately 375 linear feet of shoreline protection (loose rock bulkhead) and about 1,700 cubic yards of fill that have been placed landward of the bulkhead. The filled area will be graded to create a variety of salt water inundation frequencies and optimize potential salt marsh habitat. In addition, the upper beach area will be nourished with up to 100 cubic yards of appropriately sized gravel to mitigate for the interruption of sediment supply to the beach, promote beach-forming processes and improve beach-spawning fish habitat.

Piling removal plan - Dockton shoreline restoration project 
Dockton Shoreline Restoration Project piling/debris removal plan map
Large piling removal plan map
(Acrobat pdf)

Salt marsh restoration plan map - Dockton shoreline restoration project 
Dockton Shoreline Restoration Project salt marsh restoration plan map
Large salt marsh restoration plan map (Acrobat pdf)

Project documents

The Dockton Shoreline Restoration Project documents are available in Adobe Acrobat format. For help using Acrobat files, please visit our Acrobat help page.

Project input

There will be a public meeting held at the project site on the evening of June 14, 2012 from 6 to 8 pm.  The Dockton Natural Area (9538 SW Dock St) is located to the left of the boat ramp as you enter Dockton Park. Parking is in Dockton Park.

Comments on the SEPA Checklist may be submitted until June 27, 2012  to Laird O’Rollins, Project Manager, via email, telephone at 206-296-8014 or by mail to:

Laird O’Rollins
King County Water and Land Resources Division
201 S. Jackson St., Suite 600
Seattle, WA 98104-3855

For more information about the Dockton Shoreline Restoration Project, please contact Laird O’Rollins, Project Manager, King County Rural and Regional Services Section.