In 2008 Puget Soundkeeper’s Clean Water Act litigations settlements totaled $893,250. The Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund directed these winning to conservation and environmental projects including:

  • $24,000 — Stewardship Partners, Salmon-Safe Farming Certification and Labeling Program for the Green/Duwamish Watershed
  • $10,000 — Enviromental Coalition of South Seattle, South Park Spill Kit Incentive Program
  • $20,000 — The Duwamish Tribe, Duwamish Longhouse & Cultural Center Rain Garden Demonstration Project
  • $22,000 — Mid-Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group, Riparian Enhancement along Green River Watershed Project
  • $22,000 — Northwest Marine Trade Association, Stormwater Treatment Technology Pilot Study Project
  • $18,000 — Community Coalition for Environmental Justice, Stormwater Pollution Outreach in South Park & the Duwamish River
  • $25,500 — Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association, Silver Creek Riparian Enhancement Project
  • $15,000 — Wild Fish Conservancy, Watertype Assessment Project, South Sound
  • $20,000 — Northwest Marine Trade Association, Stormwater Treatment Technology Pilot Study Project
  • $10,000 — ECOSS, South Park Spill Kit Incentive Program
  • $500 — Stewardship Partners, Salmon-Safe Farming Certification and Labeling Program
  • $21,500 — Friends of the Hylebos, West Hylebos Wetlands Forest Health Project
  • $2,500 — People for Puget Sound, Turning Basin Restoration & Water Quality Enhancement Project
  • $20,000 — People for Puget Sound, Restoration & Water Quality Enhancement Projects
  • $19,000 — Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group, Riparian Enhancement along Green River Watershed Project
  • $20,000 — Adopt a Stream Foundation, North Creek Restoration at Lago de Plata
  • $20,000 — Pacific NW Salmon Center
  • $20,000 — Skagit Fisheries Enhancement Group, McElroy Slough Effectiveness Monitoring Project
  • $20,000 — Wild Fish Conservancy, Watertype Assessment Project, South Sound
  • $22,500 — Environmental Coalition of South Seattle, Lower Green/Duwamish Stormwater Initiative
  • $22,500 — Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition, Duwamish Watershed Enhancement Project
  • $15,000 — Northwest Marine Trade Association, Stormwater Treatment Technology Pilot Study Project Phase II
  • $17,500 — Environmental Education Assoc. of WA, Sustainable Design Project
  • $15,000 — Citizens for a Healthy Bay, Debris removal from Commencement Bay and adjacent shorelines & planting of restoration sites on Commencement Bay
  • $10,000 — NMTA, Stormwater Treatment Technology Pilot Study Project, Phase II
  • $19,500 — Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group, Project to enhance water quality and salmon habitat along Lake Union, Shilshole Marina, Discovery Park, Carkeek Park, and/or the Ship Canal
  • $15,000 — Burlington Parks Foundation, Acquisition and restoration of portions of Gages Slough, Burlington
  • $17,000 — Cascade Land Conservancy, Restoration on Julia’s Gulch, an urban forest in Tacoma that discharges into Commencement Bay
  • $25,000 — Environmental Coalition of South Seattle, South Seattle’s Pierce County Stormwater Initiative
  • $20,000 — Friends of Padilla Bay, Skagit Stream Team Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Project
  • $5,000 — Environmental Coalition of South Seattle
  • $17,500 — Friends of the Hylebos, Streamside Invasive Weed Control Project
  • $17,500 — Wild Fish Conservancy, Hylebos Creek Watershed Watertype Assessment Project
  • $25,000 — University of WA Fisheries, Project on the long-term trends in the demersal and benthic fish community in Port Madison, Puget Sound, WA
  • $25,000 — Hood Canal Salmon Enhancement Group, Knotweed control and Riparian Enhancement Project
  • $25,000 — Mid Puget Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group, Mill Creek Physical Survey and Cleanup Projects
  • $30,000 — Pacific Science Center, Mercer Slough Environmental Education Center, Washington Watershed Internship Program at Taylor Creek
  • $500 — Environmental Coalition of South Seattle, South Park Spill Kit Incentive Program
  • $30,000 — Nature Conservancy, North Bay Oyster Restoration Project
  • $45,000 — Puyallup Tribe, Clarks Creek Dissolved Oxygen Study Project
  • $30,000 — Stewardship Partners, Rain Garden Classroom Training & Installation Workshops
  • $20,000 — Citizens for a Healthy Bay, Adopt-A-Wildlife Habitat Stewardship Program
  • $20,000 — Friends of the Hylebos, Streamside Invasive Weed Control Project
  • $20,000 — People for Puget Sound, South Sound Water Quality Monitoring Project
  • $30,000 — Association of Washington Businesses (AWB), Compliance Keys & BMPs Project
  • $23,750 — Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association, Riparian enhancement along Silver Creek, Whatcom County