Puget Sound Pressures Assessment

The Puget Sound Pressures Assessment is an effort to better understand the pressures on Puget Sound's freshwater, marine-nearshore, and terrestrial resources and to identify the critical ecosystem vulnerabilities that should be addressed to ensure sustainable long-term protection and recovery. It is developed by the Puget Sound Partnership with support from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Stressors with Very High or High Potential Impact in Puget Sound

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Ranking the greatest threats to Puget Sound: A summary of the 2014 Puget Sound Pressures Assessment

This paper summarizes a 2014 report ranking the greatest human-caused threats to the Puget Sound ecosystem. 

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The 2014 Puget Sound Pressures Assessment

The Puget Sound Pressures Assessment is an effort to better understand the pressures on the Sound’s freshwater, marine-nearshore, and terrestrial resources and identify the critical ecosystem vulnerabilities that should be addressed to ensure sustainable long-term protection and recovery.