Smith Cove

Blue Carbon Pilot Project:

Monitoring Study Request

Port of Seattle

Habitat Restoration

Lower

Intertidal

(shellfish)

Upper

Intertidal

(marsh)

Upland

Buffer

(forest)

Shallow

Subtidal

(eelgrass)

Deep

Subtidal

(kelp)

Oysters

Eelgrass

Bull Kelp

Marsh plants

Project Site

Monitoring Study

• Collect baseline information

• Monitor project effects over time:

– Biological productivity

– Carbon sequestration

– Water chemistry

• Analyze data

• Final report w/ recommendations

Funded elements

• Install kelp, eelgrass, shellfish

(2018-2019)

• Install interpretive signage

(2020)

Current request

• Monitoring study

(2019-2023)

Future elements

• Shoreline restoration w/ City of Seattle

(2021)

Milestones