West Coast Project Library

On this page, you will find downloadable reports and other documents generated by restoration projects along the West Coast. We have organized the reports by project location, from north to south along the coast. These documents can also be accessed from the project description pages on the Story Map.

Geo IDProjectLocationReports and Resources (.pdf)
WAFISHFisherman Bay Living Shorelines Fisherman Bay, WA Project Brochure
WASKSISwinomish Olympia Oyster Restoration Skagit and Similk Bays, WA Project Monitoring Report 2015

Monitoring Plan 2015

Interpretive Sign A

Interpretive Sign B
WASEQMClallam County Olympia Oyster Restoration Sequim Bay, WA Project Report 2016

Project Report 2017

Project Report 2018

Quality Assurance Project Plan 2018
WADISCDiscovery Bay Olympia Oyster Project Discovery Bay, WA Survey Data and Summary Report 2018
WAQUILMRC Quilcene Bay Olympia Oyster Project Quilcene Bay, WA Survey Data and Summary Report 2018
WAMISSMission Creek / Belfair Oyster Project Hood Canal, WA Project Report 2015

Published article (2016) – Experimental test of oyster restoration within eelgrass

Published article (2017) – Scales of recruitment variability in warming waters: Comparing native and introduced oysters 
ORGLENGlenbrook Nickel Olympia Oyster Project Coos Bay, OR Project Memorandum 2010
ORISTHIsthmus Slough Bridge Olympia Oyster Project Coos Bay, OR Project Report 2011
ORSSYPSouth Slough Estuary Olympia Oyster Restoration South Slough, OR Project Report 2010

Figures for Project Report 2010
ORSSRESouth Slough Estuary Olympia Oyster Restoration Relocation Project South Slough Estuary, OR Project Report 2014
CATOMB Restoration of Native Oysters in Central California Tomales Bay, OR Published article (2006) – Disturbance influences oyster community richness and evenness, but not diversity

Published article (2009) – Invasive species cause large-scale loss of native California oyster habitat by disrupting…

Published article (2009) – Coastal oceanographic processes influence the growth and size of a key estuarine species…

Published article (2018) – The dynamics of open populations: integration of top–down, bottom–up and supply–side influences…
CACREOSan Francisco Bay Creosote Piling Removal and Pacific Herring Restoration Project San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, CA Project Report/Description 2015

Technical Memorandum 2015
CASRLS and CAELLS San Francisco Bay Living Shorelines: Near-shore Linkages Project – SAN RAFAEL and HAYWARD San Francisco Bay, San Rafael and Hayward, CA Project Design 2012

Project Report 2016
CATIBATiburon Audubon Center Native Oyster Restoration Project San Francisco Bay, CA Project Monitoring Report 2005

McGowan & Harris workshop presentation

McGowan & Harris poster presentation 2005

Harris master’s thesis (2004) – Distribution and limiting factors of Ostrea Conchaphila in San Francisco Bay
CAESRE Elkhorn Slough Native Oyster Restoration Elkhorn Slough, CA Published article (2016) – Restoration of native oysters in a highly invaded estuary

Wasson workshop presentation 2018
CAMUGU Native Oyster Restoration in Ventura County Mugu Lagoon, CA Project Report 2009

Project Report 2013
CAALAM Restoration of Native Oyster in Alamitos Bay Alamitos Bay, CA Project Report 2015

K-12 Curricular Materials

Champieux master’s thesis (2015) – Impacts of a constructed oyster bed on infaunal invertebrate communities in Jack Dunster…

Briley master’s thesis (2015) – Response of eelgrass (Zostera Marina) to an adjacent Olympia oyster restoration project
CANBLS Upper Newport Bay Living Shorelines Project Newport Bay, CA Project Report 2016

Wood master’s thesis (2018) – The effect of sedimentation on oysters (Ostrea lurida) adjacent to eelgrass beds (Zostera marina)
CANEWB Newport Bay Pilot Oyster Restoration Project Newport Bay, CA Published article (2015) – Exploring restoration methods for the Olympia Oyster Ostrea lurida Carpenter, 1864: effects of…