Protecting & Preserving Puget Sound
…to fish and wildlife resources — including the endangered Southern Resident orcas. September 2018: SHB issued summary judgment in the case, upholding the permit and announcing a new rule: that…
…Sound’s waters but all waters protected by the Clean Water Act.” Sewage contains bacteria and other pathogens that threaten shellfish beds, animal life, and public health, especially in communities that…
…manganese and pH are of particular concern because of the harm it can cause to human health and habitat areas for fish and other aquatic life. “Achieving Puget Sound recovery…
…resident killer whale task force related to increasing chinook abundance, and SB 5580, implementing recommendations of the southern resident killer whale task force related to increasing habitat and forage fish…
…and increased threats to public health and safety. It also overlooked increased impacts to fish and wildlife resources — including the endangered Southern Resident orcas. Read the press release from…
…of Fish and Wildlife that utilizes mussels to monitor water quality. In October, teams of volunteers throughout Puget Sound will install cages of mussels at a late night low tide….
…to release their eggs. Through yearly salmon surveys, Soundkeeper has documented as many as 90 percent of fish dying before they spawn due to toxic stormwater runoff. Under the federal…
…step in the right direction.” An estimated 8 million tons of plastic enters our oceans every year, and it’s expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050….
…stormwater runoff is the largest source of water pollution in Puget Sound and the primary contributor to the high mortality rates of fish within our waterways. Studies have found that…
…bodies are listed as impaired. Of the 190,000 acres of shellfish areas of the Puget Sound, 36,000 acres are closed due to pollution. Fish tissue samples throughout Washington included mercury,…