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Read the latest edition of the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance Newsletter:  

The Sounder

International Conservation Photography (ICP) Awards

Visit the ICP Awards summer exhibit at Seattle’s Burke Museum that showcases the winning photographs and honorable mentions from the 2010 ICP Awards. This year, Puget Soundkeeper Alliance is the sponsor of the Puget Sound At Risk Category and we have exclusive access to the winning photos in that category, click here. The competition was founded in 1997 by Art Wolfe, a well-known nature photographer and published author who has graciously accepted our invitation to be our Featured Speaker at our Salute to the Sound on Oct. 7th. Over 75 of the best conservation photographs from around the world will be on display from June 19 through September 6, 2010.  For more information on the exhibit please visit click here.

Here's a case for saving Puget Sound that you can take to the bank

Journalist Lisa Stiffler reported that the Sound and the land, rivers, and lakes surrounding it provide benefits worth $9.7 billion and $83 billion every year.  Read Stiffler's article in Sightline about a new study from Earth Economics, a local nonprofit.

Gulf Coast Waterkeepers Battle Against Massive Oil Spill

in the Gulf of Mexico.  Your help is needed  http://saveourgulf.org

Stormwater Runoff Revolution

Puget Soundkeeper Alliance announces deal to cut stormwater pollution in Washington State. State officials and conservation advocates agreed to a plan expected to reduce stormwater pollution threatening Puget Sound and the rivers, streams, estuaries, and bays in western Washington.  The agreement settles a legal suit brought by Puget Soundkeeper Alliance against the Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) and the Washington Department of Ecology, challenging the state’s highway stormwater permit. See the story on King 5 news and read the press release.

Jim Lehrer Features Municipal Stormwater Permit Ruling

A Washington state appeals board ruled that the requirements governing our cities' and counties' stormwater runoff fail to protect sockeye, king and coho salmon, all protected under the Endangered Species Act.  Puget Soundkeeper Alliance was the lead appellant.  Watch the Jim Lehrer report. 

VIDEO: Saving Puget Sound

A seven-minute video about the Puget Soundkeeper Alliance. See what's at stake in Puget Sound and what we are doing about it!

Watch the video

VIDEO: The Hood Canal Dead zone

Join us and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for an underwater tour of the Hood Canal dead zone during a low dissolved oxygen event at Sund Rocks on September 19th, 2006. Watch the video.