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On December 5, 2018, the Puget Sound Partnership Leadership Council adopted the 2018-2022 Action Agenda after considering recommendations from the Partnership’s Ecosystem Recovery Board, Salmon Recovery Council and Science Panel, as well as input received from advisory boards, tribes, and the public. The 2018-2022 Action Agenda for Puget Sound charts the ...

The newly released document, Recovery Goal Review and Updated Guidance for the Hood Canal Summer Chum Salmon ESU reviews the existing recovery goals for the Hood Canal Summer Chum evolutionarily significant unit (ESU) and provides guidance for updating the goals from those contained in the recovery plan for the ESU.

It is that time of year that summer chum are returning to the Hood Canal and eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca streams. The Union River summer chum run peaked in late August with a current count of 3,450 fish heading upstream and numbers still rising. In the eastern Strait of ...

View the article in Harbors Magazine, ENDANGERED NO MORE:  A Milestone for Salmon Recovery in Hood Canal

The Washington state Departments of Ecology (Ecology) and Natural Resources (DNR) are gathering information concerning the dieback of western redcedar in peatlands and other types of Western Washington wetlands. Since 2011, DNR and Ecology have observed cedar dieback in numerous Western Washington peatlands. In some cases, the trees have died, while ...

The draft 2018-2022 Puget Sound Action Agenda is available and open for public comment until October 15th. The 2018-2022 Action Agenda charts the course for Puget Sound recovery over the next 4 years. It incorporates regional strategies and specific actions to protect and restore Puget Sound. For more information about the ...

On August 15, 2018 the Hood Canal Coordinating Council’s Lead Entity Citizens Committee finalized and released their Ranked Habitat Project List.  The ranked list is submitted to the Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) for consideration of funding for the 2018 SRFB Grant Round. The SRFB funding decision will be made in December ...

HCCC has released a Request for Consultation Services to support the Hood Canal Regional PIC Program’s publc outreach efforts. Please click below for more infromation. UPDATE: Deadline extended to Jul 27, 2018. Download

HCCC completed its Local Integrating Organization review and evaluation process for 2018 Near Term Actions (NTAs) for the Puget Sound Action Agenda. The full procedural record and evaluation results are included in the document linked below. NTAs are now undergoing regional review. The draft 2018-2022 Puget Sound Action Agenda will be ...