Salmon Monitoring Results Night
…of our local waterways. Data gathered from these surveys shared with NOAA, the City of Seattle, Department of Fish and Wildlife and King County. Join us at Dubsea Coffee as…
Results for: fish consumption
2012 Projects Funded
…Sciences $5,000 — Chico Creek Task Force, Clear to the Sound Project $40,000 — Coastal Watershed Institute, Long-term Fish Use of the Elwha River $10,000 — Deschutes Estuary Restoration Team,…
Soundkeeper applauds Governor Inslee’s Orca Recovery budget package
…these actions will create jobs and have additional benefits for protecting human health such as removing toxic chemicals from wastewater, fish and common products. This package also moves forward with…
Agricultural Pollution
…and other pathogens contaminate the water, sediment washed off bare fields destroys fish habitat, and nutrient pollution from fertilizers causes harmful algal blooms, which can create toxic or low oxygen…
Lobby Day Priorities 2020
…practice degrades water quality through erosion and sedimentation, destroys aquatic habitat for endangered salmonids, kills eggs and larvae, and can strand fish and denude riparian vegetation. This bill would bring…
Urgent Action: Tell EPA to Save Bristol Bay and Veto Pebble Mine
…project that could devastate Bristol Bay—the most productive salmon fishery in all of Alaska, and the largest sockeye salmon fishery in the world. Pebble Mine is a proposed massive open-pit copper and…
FULL! Mussel Monitoring 2021
Puget Soundkeeper is looking for volunteers for this year’s Mussel Monitoring! What is Mussel Monitoring? Mussel Monitoring is a regional study coordinated by the Department of Fish and Wildlife that…
Legislature funds boat pumpout program to help reduce sewage pollution in Puget Sound
…into Puget Sound. Sewage contains bacteria and other pathogens that threaten shellfish beds, animal life, and public health, especially in communities that subsist on local fish. Within No Discharge Zone…
City Nature Challenge: Tidepooling
Photo by Tara Hosking Join Puget Soundkeeper, Seal Sitters, and the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife for a City Nature Challenge at Charles Richey Sr Viewpoint Park in West…
HB 1085 Plastics Reduction Bill Passes Washington Legislature, Heads to Gov. Inslee for Signature
…rebuilding abundant and biodiverse oceans by winning science-based policies in countries that control one third of the world’s wild fish catch. Puget Soundkeeper Puget Soundkeeper’s mission is to protect and…