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Regulatory Strategies

Find articles related to regulatory strategies in Puget Sound, generally including legal mandates and government policy aimed at protection and restoration of the natural environment of the Puget Sound watershed.

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Ecosystem-Based Management: Ecosystem Protection and Restoration Strategies

Introduction: E. Eric Knudsen1
Overarching, Large-Scale Protection and Restoration Strategies: John Lombard2
Strategies for Watersheds and Tributaries: Richard R. Horner3
Strategies for Marine and Estuarine Habitats: E. Eric Knudsen1
Strategies for Fisheries and Wildlife : Cleveland Steward4
Evaluation of Protection and Restoration Effectiveness: E. Eric Knudsen1

 
1Sustainable Fisheries Foundation
2Lombard Consulting LLC and University of Washington
3Departments of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Landscape Architecture, University of Washington
4Steward and Associates
 
Regulatory Strategies, Non-Regulatory Strategies, Protection Strategies, Restoration Strategies, Pollution Control Strategies, Ecosystem-Based Management

Section 6. Violations of Instream Flow Rules

Background

Water Quantity , Regulatory Strategies
Monitoring

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San Juan Islands National Monument

A view from the San Juan Islands. Photo: Bureau of Land Management

The San Juan Islands National Monument was established on March 25, 2013 by the Obama administration. 

Protect and Restore Habitat , Regulatory Strategies , San Juan County

NOAA report establishes Chinook monitoring framework

Drawing of Ocean Phase Chinook (king) salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)

NOAA has released a draft report establishing a common monitoring and adaptive management framework for Chinook salmon recovery in Puget Sound.

Species and Food Webs , Protect and Restore Habitat , Puget Sound Partnership Vital Signs , Fishes , Ecosystem-Based Management, Regulatory Strategies, Non-Regulatory Strategies, Protection Strategies, Restoration Strategies , Marine Habitat , Nearshore Habitat , Estuarine Habitat , Freshwater Habitat
Species of concern, Monitoring

Featured report— Puget Sound Chinook Salmon Recovery: A Framework for the Development of Monitoring and Adaptive Management Plans

The Puget Sound Recovery Implementation Technical Team has released a draft of a NOAA technical memorandum describing frameworks for adaptive management and monitoring of Chinook salmon in Puget Sound. Download the report.

Species and Food Webs , Protect and Restore Habitat , Puget Sound Partnership Vital Signs , Fishes , Ecosystem-Based Management, Regulatory Strategies, Protection Strategies , Marine Habitat , Nearshore Habitat , Estuarine Habitat , Freshwater Habitat , Puget Sound Main Basin
Monitoring

Species of concern in the Salish Sea

Northern Sea Otter. Photo: Alaska Department of Fish and Game

The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound species library now includes a list of species of concern in the Salish Sea watershed. The list was created by Joe Gaydos and Nicholas Brown of the SeaDoc Society, and was released as a paper presented as part of the Proceedings of the 2011 Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference in Vancouver, BC.

Species and Food Webs , Mammals, Birds, Reptiles, Amphibians, Fishes, Invertebrates , Ecosystem-Based Management, Regulatory Strategies, Protection Strategies , Strait of Georgia Watershed, Puget Sound Main Basin, Georgia Basin
Species of concern, Monitoring

Puget Sound watershed hydrologic units

There are many ways of defining the boundaries of the Puget Sound basin. Hydrologic unit codes (HUCs) are nationally standardized divisions that are often used by conservation agencies and national organizations.

Ecosystem-Based Management, Regulatory Strategies , Watersheds, Puget Sound Watershed, Puget Sound Main Basin

Featured report: State of the Sound 2012

State of the Sound cover image; Puget Sound Partnership

The Puget Sound Partnership is charged with preparing a State of the Sound report every two years to inform the legislature and the public on the status of restoration efforts in Puget Sound.

Puget Sound Partnership Vital Signs , Ecosystem-Based Management, Regulatory Strategies, Non-Regulatory Strategies, Protection Strategies, Restoration Strategies, Pollution Control Strategies , Puget Sound Watershed

PSI review finds minimal evidence for human impacts on Hood Canal hypoxia

Map of the Hood Canal Action Area; courtesy Puget Sound Partnership

An independent review conducted by the Puget Sound Institute is featured in findings by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Washington State Department of Ecology that there is currently “no compelling evidence” that humans are the cause for recent trends in declines in dissolved oxygen in Hood Canal.

Water Quality , Puget Sound Partnership Vital Signs , Regulatory Strategies, Protection Strategies, Pollution Control Strategies , Marine Habitat , Hood Canal Watershed, Hood Canal
Hypoxia

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