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document February 5, 2019

Legal Document: Court Ruling Clears Hurdle Toward Lasting Protections For Puget Sound Shorelines

A federal judge rejects an effort by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to dismiss a lawsuit challenging its refusal to adequately protect shoreline areas in Puget Sound. The Court’s decision means the lawsuit, which charges that the agency has refused to assert its Clean Water Act jurisdiction over most shoreline armoring in Puget Sound, will go forward.

Shoreline armoring, the placement of hard structures along shorelines to prevent erosion, poses a significant risk to the coastal habitats of Puget Sound. (Photos courtesy Ingrid Taylar / Flickr, Kyle Loring / Friends of the San Juans and Hugh Shipman / WA Department of Ecology)
Press Release: Victory February 5, 2019

Court Ruling Clears Hurdle Toward Lasting Protections For Puget Sound Shorelines

Legal challenge targeting Corps’ failure to regulate shoreline armoring will go forward

document May 21, 2018

Sound Action, Friends of the San Juans, and WA Environmental Council v. US Army Corps of Engineers

Sound Action, Friends of the San Juans, and Washington Environmental Council bring this action against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (“Corps”) to challenge the Corps’ actions, and inactions, in implementing federal laws that protect the marine shoreline ecosystem in the Puget Sound region from the harmful effects of shoreline armoring.

Shoreline armoring, the placement of hard structures along shorelines to prevent erosion, poses a significant risk to the coastal habitats of Puget Sound. (Photos courtesy Ingrid Taylar / Flickr, Kyle Loring / Friends of the San Juans and Hugh Shipman / WA Department of Ecology)
Press Release May 18, 2018

Groups Challenge Army Corps of Engineers’ Refusal to Protect Puget Sound Shorelines

Corps’ Seattle District violates Clean Water Act, endangers Sound recovery