Resources
Jefferson MRC Annual Reports
- 2023 Annual Report
- 2022 Annual Report
- 2021 Annual Report
- 2020 Annual Report
- 2019 Annual Report
- 2018 Annual Report
- 2017 Annual Report
- 2016 Annual Report
Other Jefferson MRC Documents
- 2023 MRC advisory letter to the BoCC and Planning Commission re: County SMP draft
- 2021 MRC advisory letter to the BoCC re: Navy Special Operations in State Parks
- 2019 Shellfish Aquaculture Education Forum Report and Presentation Visuals
- 2018 MRC advisory letter to the BoCC re: Pleasant Harbor
- NW Straits and MRC Background and History
Most of the Jefferson County MRC's reports and documents are accessible from the Northwest Straits Resource Library. Once you are on this website, search for "Jefferson County". You can also search for reports and other documents by geographic area through the Northwest Straits Initiative's SoundIQ project.
Northwest Straits Initiative (NWSI)
- Northwest Straits Commission
- Northwest Straits Foundation
- Clallam County MRC
- Island County MRC
- San Juan County MRC
- Whatcom County MRC
- Skagit County MRC
- Snohomish County MRC
Local, City & County Resources
- City of Port Townsend
- Climate Action Committee
- Jefferson County Community Development
- Jefferson County Environmental Health
- Jefferson County Conservation District
- Jefferson Land Trust
- Jefferson Natural History Society
- Local 20/20
- North Olympic Salmon Coalition
- Northwest Maritime Center
- Port of Port Townsend
- Port Townsend Marine Science Center
- PT Maritime Discovery Schools
- WSU Jefferson County Extension (Beach Naturalists, Shore Stewards, Stream Stewards)
Tribes & State, Federal Agencies
- Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
- Chemakum People
- Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe
- Skokomish Tribe
- Point No Point Treaty Council
- Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
- Northwest Treaty Tribes
- Native Land Digital
- WA Dept of Ecology Climate Change
- WA Dept of Fish and Widlife (WDFW) Fishing and Shellfish
- WDFW Species and Habitats
- WA Dept of Natural Resources (DNR) Kelp Monitoring
- WA DNR Seagrass Restoration
- Washington State Parks
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- Puget Sound Partnership
Regional - Olympic Peninsula & Salish Sea
- Center for Whale Research
- Coastal Watershed Institute
- Feiro Marine Science Center
- Hood Canal Coordinating Council
- Olympic Nature Bridge
- Olympic Coast National Marine Sanctuary
- Pacific Sea Garden Collective
- Puget Sound Institute
- Puget Sound Restoration Fund
- Salish Sea Modeling Center
- SeaDoc Society
- Sound Water Stewards Online Species I.D. Guide
- Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network
- Shore Friendly
-- Island County Shore Friendly Beaches video
-- Kitsap County Shore Friendly Real Stories video
-- Northwest Straits Shore Friendly program - WA Sea Grant Crab Team
Marine Resources Maps
- Sound IQ - Interactive Map - Sound IQ is the Northwest Straits Commission’s web-based application to share data collected by MRCs and the Commission in an easily-accessible map format. MRC data on Sound IQ can be viewed in combination with complementary data from other sources.
- MyCoast - Reporting Tool - Use My Coast to document creosote logs, king tides, storm damage, beach cleanups, derelict vessels, marine debris, and green crab molts in Washington. Coastal decision makers, emergency managers and others use your reports to make more informed decisions.
- WA Dept of Ecology Coastal Atlas – oblique shoreline aerial photos, drift cells, public beaches and more
- WA Dept of Ecology Puget Sound Soft Shore Armoring – interactive map with before/after photos
- WA Dept of Health Shellfish Safety
- WA DNR Eelgrass Data Viewer
- WA DNR Marine Vegetation Atlas
Tides and Currents