35.15.400 Policies.
(1) Restoration should be used to complement and not take the place of the shoreline protection strategies required by this Program to achieve the greatest overall ecological benefit.
(2) Clallam County should support voluntary and cooperative restoration efforts between local, State, and federal public agencies, Tribes, nonprofit organizations, and landowners to improve shorelines with impaired ecological functions and/or processes.
(3) Restoration actions should improve shoreline ecological functions and processes as well as shoreline features and should promote sustainability of sensitive and/or regionally important plant, fish, and/or wildlife species and their habitats.
(4) Restoration should be integrated with and should support other natural resource management efforts in Clallam County and in the greater Puget Sound region.
(5) The County should minimize policy and regulatory barriers to ecological restoration and where feasible provide incentives to encourage voluntary restoration projects.
(6) Restoration efforts should take into account potential implications of climate change to ensure the resiliency and sustainability of the restored habitats over time.
(7) The County should actively implement the Shoreline Restoration Plan to achieve the following goals:
(a) Protect and restore ecosystem health.
(b) Maintain and improve ecosystem functions that provide for economic prosperity and human health.
(c) Promote the collection and use of scientific information.
(d) Increase public awareness, education, and involvement.
(e) Encourage cooperation and coordination for implementation.