Protecting & Preserving Puget Sound
…Alliance SPLASH Series presented by Toyota, a national program that helps local citizens prepare their waterways for recreation, then brings communities onto the waterway to swim, kayak, fish and play!…
…established a standard that our waterways must protect “designated uses” – and that all waterways were expected to meet a “swimmable and fishable” standard. Other designated uses could be granted,…
…a creek, a wetland or small lake. They form our connection to the natural world. They are places where we swim and fish. If that waterway provides your drinking water,…
…contaminate our fish, our water, and our families with toxic compounds like lead and mercury, in violation of the Clean Water Act. With today’s ruling, we are one step closer…
…coal—and its toxic associates, lead, arsenic, and mercury—from further poisoning our fish, our water, and our families. We take these threats seriously, and after today’s court decision we hope BNSF…
…oceangoing fish could pass the Elwha Dam, located just 5 miles upstream from the mouth of the river. The Elwha was choked again another 8 miles upstream by the Glines…
…rivers that served as home and conduit for numerous salmon and other fish, and finally into the bountiful marine waters of Puget Sound. As the landscape changed, our society put…
…her breathtaking beauty, fall is the perfect time… Clear water, scarlet leafed trees, with trout, steelhead, whitefish and salmon scurrying about their business beneath the mirrored surface. In preparation for…
…and hundreds of other toxins harmful to fish and human health. Clyde Anderson, a retired Union Pacific employee from Omaha, Nebraska spent decades working on the rail line and says…
…Use best management practices to limit pollutants. Clean up the garbage and plant riparian vegetation on its shores. Fix fish passage issues. Done. There are thousands of creeks like Springbrook,…