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Puget Sound Marine Services and Information

Beach assessments

Data collected by volunteers provides valuable information about the marine life on King County beaches. Knowing what plants and animals inhabit local beaches and their condition is important if we wish to maintain the special ecosystems, features and values of our area's shorelines. It is the beginning step in maintaining the beaches so that future generations can enjoy and use these areas as we do. We invite you to tour the individual beaches below and look at the data collected from surveys conducted in 1996 and 1997.

beaches mapBelow are the beaches assessed in King County. Click on the map or on the list to the Left to visit a beach!

Check out the following keys for identifying marine intertidal animals in Puget Sound:

Clam Identification Key

Seastar Identification Key

Links to Other Marine Beach Sites:

For more information or a paper copy of this report (complete with topographic maps of each beach!), please contact Bob Brenner, Water and Land Resources Division.