Project Status
Complete
Project Overview
The shoreline of Seahurst Park plays a vital role in restoring the health of Puget Sound, and a healthy Puget Sound will help Pacific Northwest salmon recover.
The
Seahurst Park Shoreline Restoration project installed a new playground,
picnic facilities, and a restored beach. Access to the beach was
greatly enhanced, as a designed by-product of restoring the beach slopes
and materials. The restored shoreline is now home to a variety of
wildlife including bald eagles, osprey, great blue heron, and other
shorebirds, being drawn in by schools of fish along the shallows.
Seahurst Park re-opened to the public on August 25, 2014.
This
project restored the beach habitat to benefit endangered salmon and
subsequently renovate the upland portions of the park impacted by the
habitat restoration project. While the project followed the same process
as for the South Shoreline project completed December 2008, the north
shoreline renovation was much larger in scale, affecting the park from
north of the Marine Technology Lab all the way south to the south creek
and lower parking lot.
The City of Burien partnered with the US Army Corps of Engineers, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife, and WRIA-9.
Seahurst Park Shoreline Restoration Project (2014)
Seahurst Park Beach Restoration: Phase 1 (2004–2005)
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