Puget Sound's Altered Shores

John Ryan
03/22/2010

Close to 40 percent of Puget Sound's shorelines have been covered in concrete or otherwise walled off from the tides. State officials say restoring the health of Puget Sound will require removing some of those walls. But it's local governments that control the shore, and property owners want to build more seawalls as coastal developments expand.

If you want to take a walk along the shores of Puget Sound, you've got about 2500 miles of shoreline to choose from. I'm walking along the beach beneath Magnolia Bluff, just south of Seattle's Discovery Park.

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