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The Hood Canal Shellfish Initiative (HSCI) supports and expands Hood Canal’s thriving shellfish populations by identifying coordinated and mutually beneficial strategies and actions that honor Tribal treaty rights, build resilience, pursue ecosystem protection and restoration, and support careful stewardship of commercial shellfish activities and recreational harvest now and into ...

HCCC is excited to share the new Our Hood Canal: 2020 Ecosystem Report Card. The report card provides a snapshot of the health of Hood Canal’s ecosystem and showcases some of HCCC’s highlights over the past biennium, all of which benefited from the support of our many partners. View ...

December 16, 2019 State Awards Grants for Salmon Recovery Projects – check out the link to learn more about the projects funded along Hood Canal!

Hood Canal nearing a potential ‘first’ for salmon recovery Watch the video from KIRO7 News, linked here. You can also read the full text, at this link.

The Hood Canal Coordinating Council (HCCC) invites you to the virtual 2020 Hood Canal Shellfish Summit! Working together for the future of Hood Canal shellfish Representatives from Hood Canal ecosystem recovery partners, local governments and tribes, and the Hood Canal community will come together to discuss protecting and enhancing our critical ...

The Hood Canal Coordinating Council is excited to announce the following employment opportunity: Accountant: Responsible for establishing financial policies, procedures, controls and reporting systems to ensure accurate, timely financial statements.  This position ensures legal and regulatory compliance for all accounting and financial reporting functions.  The Accountant oversees cost and general ...

On September 11th the Salmon Recovery Funding Board allocated $2,797,458 to fund the Duckabush River Estuary Puget Sound Nearshore Ecosystem Restoration Project – Design Phase.  Once fully implemented, this important project will address the Highway 101 crossing impacts to summer chum habitat by moving the causeway and the bridge further up river to ...

The HCCC Lead Entity Citizens Committee approved the 2019 Salmon Habitat Project List for submittal to the Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) for funding consideration for the 2019 grant round.  Please see the July 17, 2019 Board Briefing Memo to view the ranked list of salmon habitat projects.

The Action Agenda Strategic Initiative (SI) Leads have released their FY2018 EPA National Estuary Program funding recommendations for the 2018 Puget Sound Action Agenda Near Term Actions (NTAs). Please use the links below to access the funding lists. These recommendations will undergo a public comment period, as well as tribal consultation, ...