If you visit only one site, it should be the award-winning Shorelands site, including all its links and downloads:
WA DOE Shorelands and Environmental Assistance
and be sure to check out these pages:
Control Erosion Using Vegetation
Living On Puget Sound (Homeowners)
Managing Drainage on Coastal Bluffs
Managing Vegetation on Coastal Slopes
Puget Sound Landslides
Shoreline Management
Surface Water and Groundwater on Coastal Bluffs
Here is the second tier of most informative sites:
Greenbelt Consulting - Puget Sound Bluffs
PSAT • Puget Sound Action Team • Site Map
Education and Public Involvement
Low Impact Development - LID
Puget Sound Shoreline Stewardship Guidebook
NOAA Coastal Services Center
NOAA Ocean and Coastal Resource Management
These are other useful sites, many specialized or technical:
BMP's - Best Management Practices
WA Forest Practices
Silvicultural Library and Database
Urban Water & Tree Related - NRCS
EPA - Environmental Protection Agency
Region 10 - Puget Sound
Surf Your Watershed - Puget Sound
Jefferson County
Community Development
Marine Resources Committee
Water Resources Council
Municipal Research & Services Center of Washington (MRSC)
(Environment & Natural Resources)
NRCS - Natural Resources Conservation Service
SOILS - Tools for Educators
Soil Biology Primer
WA Soil Survey Reports
Puget Sound Nearshore (Restoration Project)
Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model (PRISM)
Puget Sound Nearshore Science Team
US ACE Index of Engineer Manuals
See Coastal Engineering Manual and Slope Stability
or
US ACE CHL Coastal Engineering Manual
USFS Silvics of NA Manual
USGS - U.S. Geological Survey
Ground-Water System Chimacum Creek Basin
Coastal and Marine Geology Program - Pacific Northwest
Formation, Evolution, Stability Coastal Cliffs - P1693
WA DFW - Department of Fish and Wildlife
Priority Habitats & Species Management Recommendations
(see Bald eagle)
Bald Eagle
WA DNR - Department of Natural Resources
Water, forests, geology, hazards, and land management.
Backyard Forest Stewardship - Western
Forest Practices Board Manual
(Guidelines for Evaluating Potentially Unstable Slopes)
Urban & Community Forestry
WA DOE - Department of Ecology
Washington's principal environmental management agency.
WA Water Quality Guide Home/Farm
WA DOE WRIA 17 - Quilcene-Snow (Kala Point's Watershed)
and
WRIA 17 Quilcene-Snow Watershed Project
WA DOT - Department of Transportation (Environmental Services)
Eagle Protection in WA - Julie Stofel, WDFW Region 4
(This is an unofficial FAQ for a homeowner association)
WA Native Plant Society
WA Sea Grant Program
See Coastal Development; Ecosystem Health
USGS Puget Sound Lowlands Hydrogeologic
WA State University and Extension
Native Plant Landscaping - Western WA
NW Native Plant Guide
Washington's Water