Beamer, E., Hood, G., Henrichs, B. and LeMoine, M., 2019. zis a ba Tidal Marsh Restoration Monitoring and Adaptive Management Plan. Skagit River System Cooperative, La Conner, WA. pp. 30.

This monitoring and adaptive management plan provides guidance for implementing
effectiveness monitoring and adaptive management for the Stillaguamish Tribe’s zis a ba tidal
marsh restoration project in Snohomish County, Washington. The monitoring and adaptive
management plan includes:
• A brief description of the restoration site and design;
• Monitoring approach which includes project objectives and hypotheses to be evaluated
through monitoring;
• Metrics used to test the hypotheses;
• Values or performance criteria for defining success;
• Methods for data collection, analysis, and reporting; and
• Performance criteria and contingency actions to guide adaptive management.
The monitoring approach described is designed to assist with evaluating the effectiveness
of the restoration actions relative to the stated objectives of the restoration project. This
monitoring plan does not address the compliance of monitoring (i.e., was the project constructed
as designed or specified in permit conditions). This monitoring plan incorporated
recommendations from standard references for restoration monitoring in Pacific Northwest
tidally influenced systems