Photo of the Week
Spawning Salmon. Photo courtesy of Soggydan, Dan Bennett. Puget Sound "Silent Crisis" Flickr group. 549 streams, rivers and lakes across the Puget Sound region suffer from poor water quality. Learn more on the Puget Sound Starts Here web site.
Upcoming Events
Salmon See-son
Fall is here, and salmon are once again returning to streams and rivers around the Puget Sound.
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New Partners for Smart Growth Conference
Building Safe, Healthy and Livable Communities
February 4 - 6, 2010, Seattle WA.
BROCHURE | CONFERENCE WEB SITE
Funding Opportunties
EPA Puget Sound Tribal Implementation
Assistance Grants
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Puget Sound Watershed Management Assistance Program Grants
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Federal Economic Stimulus Information
Governor praises work of Partnership, $16.5 million in salmon, Puget Sound recovery funding.
“The stimulus funds announced today by NOAA are a great win for Washington’s salmon recovery and Puget Sound restoration efforts. In early April, I endorsed and submitted requests for federal stimulus funds for habitat restoration grants across Washington state. Today we learned that Washington will receive $16.5 million, or nearly 10 percent of the funding awarded in this national competition."
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Partnership’s list of recommended economic stimulus projects
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Partnership News
US Congress will provide $50 million next year to for the cleanup and restoration of Puget Sound, more than a 100% increase over the current year’s budget.
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The Partnership is soliciting feedback on aspects of the Performance Management system
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| Puget Sound Partnership Science Panel meeting Nov. 17-18; Three new members named READ MORE |
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| Puget Sound Partnership Leadership Council meeting in Seattle next week. READ MORE |
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| Puget Sound Partnership Science Panel meeting Oct. 28. READ MORE |
Puget Sound’s invisible enemy: polluted stormwater
(Seattle Daily Journal)
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Low Impact Development
Partnership helps four local governments add LID to development and stormwater codes. 2009 LID Local Regulation Assistance Project.
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Bioretention Soil Mix Review and Recommendations for Western Washington, a Technical Memorandum
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Stormwater and Low Impact Development
in Puget Sound
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Blogging Around the Sound
Education, Communication and Outreach Network (ECO Net) Blog
Can't get information fast enough? Keep up-to-date with posts from Kristen Cooley, Education and Outreach Manager for the Puget Sound Partnership
Stormwater and Low Impact Development Blog
Can't get information fast enough? Keep up-to-date with posts from Bruce Wulkan, Stormwater Program Manager for the Puget Sound Partnership
Watching Our Water Ways
a kitsapsun.com blog by Christopher Dunagan
Olympic Peninsula Environmental News
A gateway to environmental news, stories, events, opinion and projects from the Hood Canal to the Pacific Coast