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SAVING PUGET SOUNDRELATED ECOLOGY PROGRAMS
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 GOOD NEWS FOR PUGET SOUND AND THE PEOPLE WHO DEPEND ON IT
Many efforts are underway to protect and restore Puget Sound. Here are some examples:
The time to act is nowPuget Sound is in trouble. In many areas, its seemingly clear, pristine waters actually contain a soup of noxious and poisonous chemicals. Every time it rains, thousands of pounds of toxic pollutants flow overland, eventually winding up in the Sound. Hundreds of toxic cleanup sites ring its 2,500 miles of shoreline. Critical habitat has been lost to development. Even in its deepest spots the Department of Ecology finds contaminants, some banned for use 30 years ago, in its underwater sediments. However, by working together we can help reverse what seems a downward spiral. We all want to leave our children and our grandchildren a Puget Sound that’s clean and safe and alive. Ecology is committed to do all we can to help Puget Sound be a healthy ecosystem by 2020. What we're doing about itEcology is bringing to bear our best science and research resources to understand the challenges facing Puget Sound and help find solutions. We have a duty to restore, protect and preserve the Sound using the regulations, permitting requirements, and mandates set by the Washington Legislature and Governor Chris Gregoire. We have an obligation to help our citizens, our neighbors, our businesses and industries, and our families understand what’s at stake – and what everyone can do to help save this national treasure. In December 2005, Governor Gregoire and the Legislature launched the Puget Sound Initiative, a comprehensive effort by local, state, federal and tribal governments, business, agriculture and environmental communities, scientists, and the public to restore, protect and preserve Sound by 2020. Ecology is a hard working partner in this effort. Saving Puget Sound and the $20 billion of economic activities the Sound generates is among the Department of Ecology’s five Strategic Priorities. SAVING THE SOUNDOverview | Threats | 2020 Action Agenda | Delivering Results SOUND SCIENCEStudies and MonitoringMonitoring the Sound | Reports on the Health of the Sound | Puget Sound Models | Economic fact sheet (pdf) | Washington Coastal Atlas | More Sound science... ACTIONSPrevention, Recovery RestorationPuget Sound Initiative (PSI) Cleanup Sites | Water Quality studies | Puget Sound Marine Conservation Fund Projects | 2005-2007 Puget Sound Investment Atlas | Control of Toxic Chemicals in Puget Sound | More actions... EDUCATIONWashington Waters: Ours to Protect | Puget Sound Starts Here | Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve | Puget Sound Shorelines | BEACH Program | More education... WHAT YOU CAN DOWhat you can do | Stormwater | Washington Waters - Ours to Protect | Reducing Toxic Threats
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EDUCATOR 2 EDUCATOR CONFERENCESouth Sound event on March 15 at Point Defiance Zoo REPORTS:Ocean Acidification From Knowledge to Action: Washington’s Strategic Response - report from the Governor's Blue Ribbon Panel (Nov. 2012) Puget Sound Marine Waters - overview of 2011 marine water quality and conditions in Puget Sound from comprehensive monitoring programs. CONVERSATIONS ON WASHINGTON'S FUTUREHow Can Washington Respond to the Threat of Ocean Acidification? (4/17/2012) IN THE NEWSNov 1: 2012 State of the Sound report finds two areas of progress, outlines big to-do list CONTROLLING TOXIC CHEMICALS IN PUGET SOUNDAssessment of Selected Toxic Chemicals in the Puget Sound Basin: 2007—2011 FEDERAL
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