The vision: A Clean Sound by 2020

The Governor’s Puget Sound Partnership is committed to creating a clean Puget Sound by 2020. The Partnership’s efforts complement those of MudUp. Read more about Puget Sound and the Partnership’s plans:

2007 State of the Sound Report

Click here for a detailed report on the state of Puget Sound.  The Puget Sound Action Team has tracked conditions in Puget Sound and issues a report card twice a year.

Puget Sound Partnership

In 2005 Governor Gregoire created the Puget Sound Partnership Advisory Commission to make recommendations for how we could have a healthy Puget Sound by 2020.  In 2007 the Legislature created a new state agency called the Puget Sound Partnership charged with recovering the health of Puget Sound.  It begins work on July 1, 2007.

Puget Sound Nearshore Partnership

Local, state and federal governments are working together on a plan to restore nearshore habitat in Puget Sound.  learn more about what "nearshore" is and the partnership's efforts to save critical shoreline habitat around Puget Sound.

Department of Ecology's Puget Sound Shorelands Program

Want learn more about the land and critters of the Puget Sound shoreline?  Click here for a tour, as well as helpful guides for living on the shoreline.

Department of Natural Resources Aquatic Lands Program

Learn about how the Department of Natural Resources manages aquatic lands for a range of public benefits.

Shared Strategy for Puget Sound

Salmon are one of Puget Sound's most iconic species.  Shared Strategy worked with communities around Puget Sound to develop a recovery plan for salmon so the fish have a future along with the people in the region.

Northwest Straits Commission

Want to know more about what's happening in northern Puget Sound along the Canadian border?  Click here to learn how the Northwest Straits has been working to protect and restore marine resources in seven counties.

Washington Biodiversity Project

learn about this project to protect Washington State's plants, animals and ecosystems.

Restore America's Estuaries

Puget Sound is one of 28 "Estuaries of National Significance" in the country.  Learn more about collaborative efforts between Puget Sound, the Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay and other regions to protect these coasts that are of national importance.

Washington State Department of Ecology

Here is the Washington State Department of Ecology’s website on Puget Sound — including 10 things you can do.

About Bill Ruckelshaus, “Puget Sound's anointed savior”