VI. C. 2. Regional Focus - Bainbridge Island |
Dredging on Bainbridge Island has historically occurred within Eagle Harbor and Fletcher Bay. Dredging equipment typically used in Puget Sound (including Bainbridge Island) involves mechanical bucket dredges, rather than hydraulic or hopper type dredges. Marinas and navigation channels will likely require future maintenance dredging related to the accumulation of sediment.
Shoreline armoring represents one of the most common types of filling that occurs on Bainbridge Island, although accompanying estimates of lost intertidal habitat remain undocumented. As previously noted, a number of Bainbridge Island nearshore restoration projects have included beach nourishment (Zelo and Shipman 2000) (P. Best, COBI, personal communication, 2002). Finally, contaminated sediment capping is occurring at the Eagle Harbor Superfund Site.
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