PSNERP was initiated in 2001 to evaluate the degradation of nearshore ecosystems in Puget Sound and to guide the restoration and protection of these ecosystems. To achieve this purpose, PSNERP initially gathered Sound-wide data to perform an analysis of historical change. This analysis quantified changes to the structure of Puget Sound’s nearshore ecosystems over the past as a proxy for understanding historical nearshore processes.  Results of the analysis indicated dramatic changes in Puget Sound nearshore ecosystems, including loss of wetlands, coastal embayments, and other landforms, and widespread distribution of stressors that impact ecosystem processes.
To understand better the observed changes and loss, PSNERP conducted a Strategic Needs Assessment to characterize the impact of anthropogenic shoreline alterations on nearshore ecosystem processes.  The assessment identified the major stressors contributing to the observed degradation, and quantified this degradation for 11 critical landscape-forming processes.  The assessment also assessed the impact of major stressors on valued ecosystem functions, goods, and services. The result was a clear problem statement identifying the major changes in Puget Sound nearshore ecosystems that should be the focus of restoration and protection actions.
From this problem statement, PSNERP developed four program-scale objectives for achieving process-based nearshore restoration in Puget Sound:
1. Restore the size and quality of large river delta estuaries and nearshore processes the deltas support.
2. Restore the number and quality of coastal embayments.
3. Restore the size and quality of beaches and bluffs.
4. Increase understanding of natural process restoration in order to improve effectiveness of program actions.
In order to address program-scale objectives, PSNERP developed four restoration and protection strategies that focus on restoration of river deltas, beaches, barrier embayments, and coastal inlets.  This classification scheme is consistent with Shipman's division of the Puget Sound shoreline by geomorphic system, and reflects the four distinct ways that nearshore processes structure the shoreline in each system. Accordingly, each system supports a distinct set of ecosystem functions, goods, and services. All four systems are required for restoration of historical ecosystem services provided by nearshore ecosystems.
Each strategy aims to restore critical landscape-forming processes by using management measures that remove the stressors currently impeding those processes.
PSNERP was initiated in 2001 to evaluate the degradation of nearshore ecosystems in Puget Sound and to guide the restoration and protection of these ecosystems. To achieve this purpose, PSNERP initially gathered Sound-wide data to perform an analysis of historical change. This analysis quantified changes to the structure of Puget Sound’s nearshore ecosystems over the past as a proxy for understanding historical nearshore processes.  Results of the analysis indicated dramatic changes in Puget Sound nearshore ecosystems, including loss of wetlands, coastal embayments, and other landforms, and widespread distribution of stressors that impact ecosystem processes.
To understand better the observed changes and loss, PSNERP conducted a Strategic Needs Assessment to characterize the impact of anthropogenic shoreline alterations on nearshore ecosystem processes.  The assessment identified the major stressors contributing to the observed degradation, and quantified this degradation for 11 critical landscape-forming processes.  The assessment also assessed the impact of major stressors on valued ecosystem functions, goods, and services. The result was a clear problem statement identifying the major changes in Puget Sound nearshore ecosystems that should be the focus of restoration and protection actions.
From this problem statement, PSNERP developed four program-scale objectives for achieving process-based nearshore restoration in Puget Sound:
1. Restore the size and quality of large river delta estuaries and nearshore processes the deltas support.
2. Restore the number and quality of coastal embayments.
3. Restore the size and quality of beaches and bluffs.
4. Increase understanding of natural process restoration in order to improve effectiveness of program actions.
In order to address program-scale objectives, PSNERP developed four restoration and protection strategies that focus on restoration of river deltas, beaches, barrier embayments, and coastal inlets.  This classification scheme is consistent with Shipman's division of the Puget Sound shoreline by geomorphic system, and reflects the four distinct ways that nearshore processes structure the shoreline in each system. Accordingly, each system supports a distinct set of ecosystem functions, goods, and services. All four systems are required for restoration of historical ecosystem services provided by nearshore ecosystems.
Each strategy aims to restore critical landscape-forming processes by using management measures that remove the stressors currently impeding those processes.
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