Media Advisory: Puget Sound Partnership Science Panel to discuss draft 2017 State of the Sound report

MEDIA ADVISORY
July 17, 2017

MEDIA CONTACT: Cathy Cochrane, 360.790.7958, cathy.cochrane@psp.wa.gov 

Science Panel to discuss draft 2017 State of the Sound report, hear presentations on climate vulnerability, key fish species

Puget Sound Partnership’s Science Panel will meet July 20 in Seattle

The Puget Sound Partnership’s Science Panel will meet on Thursday, July 20, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the University of Washington’s Applied Physics Lab, Henderson Hall, 1013 NE 40th Street, Seattle. 

Meeting highlights include:

• A discussion of Science Panel comments on the draft 2017 State of the Sound report. Produced every two years, the State of the Sound report helps decision-makers better understand the status of Puget Sound ecosystem recovery. The report notes where ecosystem recovery progress is being made, where challenges remain, and where focused investment is needed.   
• A presentation on the status of key fish species in Puget Sound, including the major factors affecting them and the potential for their recovery.
• A presentation on a recently completed climate vulnerability assessment. The assessment is intended to help scientists and policy-makers better understand the ways in which climate change may affect habitats and species in Puget Sound. 

The full Science Panel agenda, meeting materials and directions are available at http://www.psp.wa.gov/SP_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 Science Panel

The Science Panel provides expert advice to the Puget Sound Partnership and Leadership Council regarding efforts to develop a comprehensive, science-based plan to restore Puget Sound. Science Panel members, appointed by the Leadership Council, are chosen from the top scientists in Washington state.

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.

For more information, go to www.psp.wa.gov.