Making Waves
May 2023 - Issue #6
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*Message from Laura Blackmore,*
*Executive Director of the Puget Sound Partnership*
This week is Puget Sound Day on the Hill [ [link removed] ], an annual event organized by the Partnership and the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission [ [link removed] ]. Representatives from tribes, state agencies, local governments, nonprofits, and businesses, along with concerned residents, travel to Washington, D.C., to lend their voices in support of action to save Puget Sound and uphold tribal treaty rights.
Last year, Congress delivered some big wins for Puget Sound recovery, passing parts of the PUGET SOS Act [ [link removed] ] and substantially increasing funding for recovery?including $54 million for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency?s Puget Sound Geographic Program [ [link removed] ], which helps fund projects that improve water quality, enhance fish passage, increase salmon habitat, and protect shorelines.
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Puget Sound Geographic Program funds at work [ [link removed] ]
Puget Sound Geographic Program funds at work
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Coho salmon [ [link removed] ]
Clearing the road for salmon recovery: 6PPD-quinone and mitigation solutions
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Photo of 405 overpass over Cedar River [ [link removed] ]
Preventing stormwater pollution protects what we care about
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Aerial photo of Samish Bay [ [link removed] ]
Protecting and restoring shellfish beds throughout Puget Sound
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View of Nisqually River delta from South Puget Sound Wildlife Area [ [link removed] ]
Puget Sound habitat restoration efforts to receive $14 million boost
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Puget Sound Recovery Community Spotlight Stories
Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife
Living with Black Bears [ [link removed] ]
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe to hold coho salmon fishery this fall [ [link removed] ]
Washington State Department of Ecology
Washington state to receive $74.4 million in coastal and climate resilience funding [ [link removed] ]
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