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Draft
King County Shorelines Technical Appendix
December 2006

The draft King County Shorelines Technical Appendix, a report detailing an inventory and analysis of existing shoreline conditions, is also available at public libraries and community service centers. Compact disks are available to the public on request; please submit your request during February public meetings or via our Shoreline Program Public Comments page.

VOLUME 1. Shoreline Inventory and Characterization: Methodology and Results

Cover and Project Team

1. Introduction
1. Overview of the Shoreline Management Act and Guidelines
2. What does the King County Shoreline Master Program include and why is King County reevaluating it?
3. Context for and history of King County shorelines
4. King County's shoreline jurisdiction
5. How will the shoreline inventory and characterization be used?
2. Characterization of Ecological Processes Purpose and uses of shoreline characterization
1. Shoreline alterations analysis: concept, criteria and results
2. Basin context
3. Overview of biological resources
4. Climate change and large-scale events
3. Public Access and Recreation
1. Defining public access
2. Inventory of existing shoreline public access
3. Gaps and opportunities
4. Land Use
1. Definitions
2. Methodology to inventory current land uses and land use patterns
3. Results of land use analysis
5. Archaeological and Historic Resources
1. Defining archaeological and historic resources
2. Summary of shoreline archaeological and historic resources
3. Archaeological and historic resources data
6. Cumulative Impact Analysis
1. Methodology
2. Results
7. Restoration Planning Analysis
1. Definition of restoration
2. Methodology
3. Results

Attachments

1. Glossary
2. Basin Context Tables
3. Lakes Tables
4. Data Sources and Criteria for Data Selection
5. Ecosystem Process Definition Tables
6. Alterations Analysis Flow Charts
7. Protecting aquatic ecosystems: A guide for Puget Sound planners to understand watershed processes
   Stanley, S., J. Brown, and S. Grigsby. 2005. Washington State Department of Ecology. Publication #05-06-027. Olympia, WA
8. Bibliography
9. GIS Analysis to Update Shoreline Jurisdiction Map

VOLUME 2. Shorelines Map Folio

1. Shoreline jurisdiction
2. Shorelines of statewide significance
3. Navigable waters
   1. WDNR navigable waters
   2. NOAA navigation lanes
4. Channel migration zones
5. Shoreline alterations analysis results
• Northwest King County
• Northeast King County
• Southwest King County
• Southeast King County
6. Examples of shoreline alterations analysis results
7. Biological resources
1. Aquatic Habitat
2. Terrestrial Habitat
3. Forest Value and Wildlife Network
8. Existing shoreline public access
9. Public access gaps and opportunities
10. Shoreline historic resources
11. Current shoreline land uses:
1. Mainland King County Land Use Map
2. Vashon/Maury Island Land Use Map
12. Shoreline land use patterns

Peer Reviewers for the Draft Shorelines Technical Appendix
To help ensure that King County is meeting State requirements for conducting the Shoreline Master Program update and preparing a complete technical analysis, peers were invited to review the Draft Shorelines Technical Appendix. The group of peer reviewers includes qualified scientific professionals with expertise appropriate to the shoreline technical issues addressed, determined by professional credentials, experience and recognized leadership. A list of peer reviewers -- organized by area of expertise -- can be found in this document.

Executive Summary - Peer Review Comments
This document provides a summary of peer review comments on the preliminary draft of the Technical Appendix (September 2006), and King County's response. A second round of peer review on the December 2006 Draft Technical Appendix is occurring in February 2007.