1. Analyze the existing natural and human-made conditions in Big Beef Watershed, Kitsap County, including:

• An analysis of habitat functions of the watershed within the larger ecosystems, both near-shore and upland.
• Understanding the geological and hydrological conditions as they relate to both upstream development and downstream salmon recovery plans
• An analysis of the present and likely future urban growth patterns

1. Develop watershed scale "what-if" scenarios for the future along a continuum from maximum development to maximum preservation.
2. Prepare a set of alternative site designs for Phase 3 of an ongoing summer chum salmon recovery plan based on various likely future scenarios.

SITE SIGNIFICANCE The Big Beef Field Station is a U/W School of Fisheries facility, located 400 acres at the mouth of the watershed of approx. 14 miles2. The landscape is resource rich and visually varied--including salt water marshes, mud flats, grassy meadows, alder forests, beaver ponds and upland ecosystems. The watershed is being developed typical to much of Kitsap County. The creek is an indicator stream for Coho salmon in Hood Canal. The first two phases of a summer chum recovery plan has been built. Before the third phase can be designed, the entire watershed must be better understood. In WQ 00 an architecture and landscape architecture class studied the Research Center site and conceptually designed for additional site functions.

No special scientific or visual background is necessary as this is a multidisciplinary class, thus, everyone will learn something new. Three credit students will attend only the 10:30-11:50am session and write a term paper on a subject germane to this class or participate in a selected aspect of the project learning activities during the afternoon sessions. Four or 5 credit students will attend the class as scheduled, work in teams for the first 2 phases. Phase 3 outcome can be either an individual effort negotiated with the instructor or a team product. Landscape Architecture Majors must sign up for 6 credits and attend a brown-bag seminar on Thursdays.