What is the Habitat Compensation Plan?
The Habitat Compensation Plan will provide approximately 20 hectares of on-site compensation projects and 7.5 hectares of off-site compensation. Habitat compensation projects include: • East causeway enhancements include the excavation of the east causeway shoreline to create aquatic habitat for fish and coastal seabirds. • Log removal and salt marsh restoration to increase productive capacity for fish and fish habitat. • Caisson habitat openings within the dock structure to provide increased surface area and refuge for marine organisms. • Subtidal rock reef for increased fish and coastal seabird habitat productivity. • Sandbar stabilization to re-establish eel grass beds within areas that have been modified by dendritic channels. • 7.5 hectares of off-site compensation is being created in partnership with Ducks Unlimited and the Pacific Salmon Foundation. Baseline habitat productivity studies are presently being conducted in preparation for habitat compensation projects scheduled to c
