Guemes Channel Public Shoreline Trail, Anacortes, WA
Project Description
- Public trail located in Anacortes, WA designed to include the following:
- Coordination with the City of Anacortes & WDFW
- Constructed on top of an existing railroad bed
- Approximately 2,100 feet east from Edwards Way along the shoreline
- Planter areas with native trees & shrubs
- Proposed future connections:
- Marches Point to WA Park
- WA State Ferry terminal to downtown
Mitigation
- Removal of:
- approximately 708 treated railroad ties
- approximately 3,629 angular rocks from the nearshore habitat which had migrated from the railroad grade to the beach
- invasive species encroaching the shoreline from nearby developments including Himalayan blackberry, English ivy, poison hemlock, & Scotch broom
- debris associated with a homeless camp & non authorized public trail use
- Replanting 108 native trees & 1,610 native shrubs augmented with local native seeds collected by ATSI
- Shoreline access