Identify locations where hard armoring makes sense. Key types of hard armoring include reinforced rock walls, riprap, and other shoreline protection, including seawalls. This strategy is likely cost effective for critical infrastructure, high value assets, or some urban areas. However, it was ranked very low for environmental benefit due to negative impacts on nearshore habitat such as beach scouring, limits to migration for nearshore habitat. Secure funding to install hard shoreline protections and conduct all relevant regulatory and environmental reviews.
Tribe: North Olympic Peninsula Resource Conservation and Development Council
View Source Document: Climate Change Preparedness Plan for the North Olympic Peninsula
Year: 2015
Topic:
Consider hard shoreline protection in certain situations
(view all topics in the plan)
Region: Northwest
Timeframe: Medium term (3-10 years)
