Apr 23, 2017
Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program
The Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program (PSEMP) is an independent program established by state and federal statute to monitor environmental conditions in Puget Sound.
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Dec 08, 2025
1994 Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan and 1996 Amendment
The 1994 Puget Sound Water Quality Management Plan presented to the Washington State Governor and Legislature adopted in May 1994 and amended in May 1996 after the Puget Sound Water Quality Authority ceased to exist under provisions of the state's Sunset Act.
Dec 08, 2025
1997–1999 Puget Sound Water Quality Work Plan
1997–1999 Puget Sound Water Quality Work Plan. Legislation passed in 1996 changed the way the management plan is carried out. The Puget Sound Water Quality Protection Act (Chapter 90.71 RCW) established the Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team and directed it to prepare a biennial work plan and budget (in this case, covering the period from July 1, 1997, through June 30, 1999).
Dec 08, 2025
1999–2001 Puget Sound Water Quality Work Plan
The 1999-2001 Puget Sound Water Quality Work Plan prepared by the Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team coordinates state, federal, tribal and local actions to restore and protect the Sound's resources and water quality.
Dec 08, 2025
1992 State of the Sound
The third State of the Sound Report summarizes what is known about Puget Sound, its resources, and trends that threaten it.
Apr 19, 2012
Utricularia intermedia
Flat-leaved Bladderwort is a perennial aquatic herb with submerged stems, leaves, bladders, overwintering buds, and emergent flowers. The plants have slender stems with numerous, crowded, finely dissected leaves. The leaves are mostly 0.5-2 cm long, flattened, and have several linear divisions all of about the same width and abruptly tapering or blunt at the tip. Bladders, which trap small aquat...
May 08, 2012
Levees and Salmon Habitat
This two-map series illustrates the impact levee vegetation maintenance requirements can have on salmon habitat.
Sep 18, 2012
2011 Puget Sound Marine Waters Overview
The Puget Sound Marine Waters 2011 report is now available. The report was produced by the Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program and assesses the condition and quality of the waters of Puget Sound.
Jan 02, 2013
Carsey Institute studies on communities and coastal restoration in Puget Sound
In an effort to understand how residents of Puget Sound view social and environmental change in their region, researchers at the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration collaborated on a public perceptions survey, visualization models, and stakeholder workshops in 2012. The results of their research are available onli...
Feb 04, 2013
Salish Sea tribes in Canada
This page includes links to information for First Nations living along the Salish Sea in Canada. First Nations peoples occupied what is now Canada prior to the arrival of Europeans and Americans, and over 50 cultural groups and unique languages are represented across the country.
Cowichan
Esquimalt
Halalt
Homalco
Klahoose
K'omoks
Kwiakah
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