Making Waves
May 2024 - Issue #8
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*Message from Laura Bradstreet,*
*Executive Director of the Puget Sound Partnership*
This year marks the tenth edition of Puget Sound Day on the Hill, the annual event organized by the Partnership and Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.
Thanks to our congressional delegation, our federal partners, and the many advocates for Puget Sound and salmon recovery who attend Puget Sound Day on the Hill, we’ve made progress on major policy and funding goals, most recently with the passage of the PUGET SOS Act, increased funding for the National Estuary Program and Puget Sound Geographic Program, and transformative federal investment in recovery, climate change resilience, and environmental justice through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) and the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Partners throughout the region are putting BIL and IRA funding to smart use—often finding alignment with other partners to collaborate on innovative, large-scale projects that restore habitat, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve quality of life for residents, and address infrastructure needs.
This issue of "Making Waves" highlights how partners are working together and using this funding wisely to complete big projects that benefit the whole Puget Sound ecosystem.
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Overhead shot of I-5 bridge at Nisqually River with play button [ [link removed] ]
Sound Safe Infrastructure: Building a future with resilient infrastructure and ecosystems
Tribes, local governments, state agencies, and nonprofits are working together to plan and complete infrastructure improvements that contribute to Puget Sound ecosystem and salmon recovery. This relationship between the recovery and transportation sectors creates Sound Safe Infrastructure, which produces better outcomes for people, salmon, and the environment.
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Shoreline near Olympia Shore Friendly [ [link removed] ]
Shore Friendly is sending ripples throughout the region
Shore Friendly is a voluntary program that helps private landowners of marine shorelines in Puget Sound reduce shoreline armoring and restore shoreline habitat around the Sound. The program aids landowners in managing their property while also restoring natural beach habitat.
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Ship on the water distributing Pacific oyster shells as habitat [ [link removed] ]
Northwest Straits 2023 Impact Report drops with a splash
Northwest Straits Commision’s Impact Report 2023 celebrates their work and achievements over the past 12 months.
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A family helps out at a tree-planting event at Lake Sammamish State Park [ [link removed] ]
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act provide transformational funding to support Puget Sound recovery priorities
Funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act has supported projects for salmon recovery, fish passage, habitat restoration, greenhouse gas reduction, environmental health improvement, mobility and safety, flood-hazard reduction, invasive species management, and more.
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An orca swimming past a rocky outcropping [ [link removed] ]
Navigating the depths
The Cetacean Desk’s marine mission for the Southern Resident killer whales.
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Resilient floodplains for people and salmon
Salmon recovery partners throughout the state—including Tribes, local governments, and nonprofits—have seen their projects delayed or cancelled due to impacts from a change in the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) no-rise policy. The no-rise policy now mandates costly analyses for salmon habitat restoration projects. Partners are seeking to work with FEMA to change the policy so that it’s more flexible for restoration activities.
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Aerial photo of the creosote-soaked pilings near Dickman Mill Park in Tacoma, WA [ [link removed] ]
Doubling down on restoration
The Salish Sea Nearshore Programmatic is a regulatory tool that helps proponents of on- or over-water construction projects balance out the ecological impacts of construction with equivalent ecological offsets. Project proponents can offset these impacts by purchasing conservation credits from the Partnership’s Nearshore Credits Program, which helps fund restoration throughout the region.
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Puget Sound Recovery Community Spotlight Stories
SeaDoc Society
Salish Sea Wild: The Case of the Wandering Gray Whales [ [link removed] ]
SeaDoc Society
Pod of Orcas: Hope Matters in Our Doom-and-Gloom Climate [ [link removed] ]
Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission
What's killing Hood Canal salmon? Tags offer clues [ [link removed] ]
Washington State Department of Ecology
When pee is pollution: How wastewater treatment plants slow the flow into Puget Sound [ [link removed] ]
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