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Nearshore
More than a quarter of all beaches in Puget Sound have been armored with concrete, rock, or timber to protect property. Hard armoring on shorelines limits the movement of sand and materials from bluffs along the shoreline and interferes with natural coastal processes. Shoreline armoring causes beaches to erode, degrading habitat for fish, birds, and wildlife. Once hard armor is removed and proper-sized sand is added to the beach, these projects commonly produce suitable habitat for the spawning of forage fish species like surf smelt and sand lance.