For the 2023-2025 biennium, the Puget Sound Partnership requested project proposals that address regional salmon science needs to inform and advance recovery of Puget Sound salmonids through the Salmon Science Investigations Request for Information (RFI #2023-165).

We are pleased to announce the following six apparent successful proposals selected for funding:

Project lead	Affiliation	Project Title
Liz Duffy	Long Live the Kings	Evaluation of experimental hatchery rearing strategies to benefit Chinook salmon in Puget Sound
Emily Howe	The Nature Conservancy	Using bioenergetics and landscape connectivity to plan effective tidal delta restoration projects for Chinook salmon under a changing climate
Andy James	University of Washington	Modeling population-level impacts from Contaminants of Emerging Concern exposures to endangered salmonids
Mike LeMoine	Skagit River System Cooperative	Testing cumulative effects of restoration for multiple salmon populations in the Whidbey Basin using causal analysis
Jen McIntyre	Washington State University	Impacts of spring storms on juvenile salmon health in an urbanized watershed
John Stark	Washington State University	Investigation of sediment contaminant impacts on the growth and survival of juvenile Puget Sound Chinook salmon

 

The selected projects are referred to here as apparent successful because they will not be considered fully successful until contracts are in place. These proposals were selected for funding following an evaluation process from technical evaluators and a review panel. We would like to thank our science colleagues from around the Salish Sea and Partnership staff who contributed their time and expertise as proposal evaluators, and the Salmon Science Advisory Group who contributed their regional perspectives as members of the review panel.

We are excited to support this cohort of projects and look forward to working with the project teams in implementing their studies. Updates from project teams will also be shared at future PSEMP Salmonids Work Group meetings (PSEMP Salmonids Work Group (box.com).

For more information about the proposals or solicitation process, please contact Annelise Del Rio, Annelise.delrio@psp.wa.gov.