“My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.”― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Shoreline restoration in Puget Sound is failing to keep up with our ongoing development of shorelines. Despite our best efforts at restoration, we're losing habitat because we won't stop doing the damage.
I often wonder whether our visible restoration projects are actually solving the problem. It's pretty clear the answer is no if we develop more shorelines than we restore. This study only looked at part of Puget Sound, but I doubt the answer is much different elsewhere.
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