Explore the shore along Puget Sound...

Overview: a view from above. Shared Waters: our inland sea. Land & Sea: nature at work. Geology: the Sound on ice. History: past Puget Sound. People: population pressure. Access: public beaches.       Gravel: hide and seek. Rock: anchors for anything. Sand: in between the grains. Mud: packing it in. Estuaries: rich soup & sediments. Tides: tidal safety tips. Tide Pools: another world.     Bluffs: eroding bluffs build beaches. Shore Forms: spits and other shapes. Spits: more about spits. Drift: moving materials. Storms: shifting sand & seasons. Slides: caution: gravity at work.   Salmon: seeking shoreline shelter. Surf Smelt: shoreline spawning. Sand Lance: eggs on sand. Kelp: brown ropes & rafts. Eelgrass: underwater food farms. Native Plants: beautiful but tough. Madrone: elegant erosion control. Maple: massive and mossy. Bald Eagle: nest with a view. Scoter: diving ducks. Shorebirds: seeking sandy space. Heron: year round on the Sound. Pigeon Guillemot: bluff nesters. Geoduck: big home bodies. Harbor Seal: hauling out.