Puget Sound Partnership Salmon Recovery Council to
discuss funding requests at May 26 meeting
The Puget Sound Partnership’s Salmon Recovery Council will
meet Thursday, May 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Edmonds Center for the
Arts, 410 4th Ave North, Edmonds.
Meeting highlights include:
A discussion on the Puget Sound Acquisition and
Restoration (PSAR) funding request in the 2017-19 biennium. PSAR-funded
projects restore critical habitat and salmon populations to Puget Sound.
The latest on efforts to create a Chinook
Implementation Strategy. Implementation Strategies are the plans for achieving
the ecosystem recovery targets for the 2020 Vital Signs, helping direct work
toward the highest priority actions.
The full Salmon Recovery Council agenda, meeting materials
and directions are available at http://www.psp.wa.gov/SR_meetings.php.
This meeting is open to the public and all are welcome to provide comment and
learn about the regional effort to restore and protect Puget Sound.
If you need special accommodations to participate in this
meeting, please notify the Special Assistant to the Boards, Dominique Hampton,
at 360.464.1229.
About the Salmon Recovery Council
The Puget Sound
Salmon Recovery Council is a regional body of policy decisionmakers for salmon
recovery. The role of the Council is to advise the Puget Sound Partnership
Leadership Council on decisions relating to salmon recovery and the
implementation of the Puget Sound Chinook Recovery Plan.
About the Puget Sound Partnership
The
Puget Sound Partnership is the state agency formed to lead the region’s
collective effort to restore and protect Puget Sound. Working with hundreds of governments, tribes, scientists, businesses, and nonprofits,
the Partnership mobilizes partner action around a common agenda,
advances Sound investments, and tracks progress to optimize recovery.