Puget Sound Restoration Projects Get Federal Funding

The Puget Sound Partnership doubled its budget this year with a new large injection of $50 million in federal funding. Separately, $152 million is being received for other Sound related restoration projects. Here is a summary of some of the initiatives that the money will be used for preserving Puget Sound:

• Determine performance measures
• Reduce storm water pollution
• Preserve specific habitats
• Remove Elwha River dam
• Build Belfair sewer system for protection of Hood Canal
• Remove dikes to restore Nisqually estuary habitat