Kitty Coleman Shoreline Protection and Restoration

In partnership with Northwest Hydraulic Consultants, Ridgeline Excavating, and the Kitty Coleman Park Board, we completed a soft shore protection project in Kitty Coleman Park to mitigate shoreline erosion while maintaining key natural systems processes, safe public access, and a more natural aesthetic than conventional riprap armouring. This involved the installation of logs ballasted with large boulders, sediment replenishment, and revegetation with native plants along the shoreline.

In 2018, we coordinated and implemented salmon habitat enhancement works in the portion of Kitty Coleman Creek that runs through the park. Riffles, pools, and large woody debris structures were re-created in this erosion-prone section of the creek, providing more resiliency against high flow events, additional spawning platforms, and larger refuge pools for rearing or out-migrating salmonids.