Puget Sound Partnership News: Public invited to comment on the Draft 2018-2022 Action Agenda for Puget Sound

Puget Sound Partnership Washington sent this bulletin at 09/05/2018 01:53 PM PDT

News Release
September 5, 2018

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

Public invited to comment on the Draft 2018-2022 Action Agenda for Puget Sound

The Puget Sound Partnership has released the Draft 2018-2022 Action Agenda for Puget Sound for public review and comment. The Action Agenda charts the course for Puget Sound recovery by outlining the regional strategies and specific actions needed to protect and recover Puget Sound. It also describes how the work of many partner organizations contributes to improving the health of Puget Sound.

“People often ask what it will take to recover the health of Puget Sound,” said Sheida Sahandy, Executive Director of the Puget Sound Partnership. “It can’t get done without a large, coordinated, collective, and well-funded effort. The Action Agenda shows us how to get there. At stake is the wellbeing of all those who call Puget Sound home today and into the future, as well as the welfare of an ecosystem that supports a diversity of life, including the endangered Chinook salmon and southern resident orcas.”

The Action Agenda consists of two plans:

The Comprehensive Plan describes how Puget Sound is at risk and the processes through which people and organizations from around the region come together to prioritize actions needed to recover Puget Sound.
The Implementation Plan lists the local or regional activities that, when completed, will contribute to Puget Sound recovery over the next four years.

Comments will be accepted on both plans via the public comment online portal until midnight October 15, 2018. Access the Action Agenda online at http://psp.wa.gov/2018_AA_public_draft.php.

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 government agencies, 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.

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