The Habitat Strategic Initiative Lead announces $14 million in Puget Sound habitat recovery investments.
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The Habitat Strategic Initiative Lead (HSIL) is pleased to announce our February 2023 Investment List for Puget Sound Geographic Program Funding.
The Investment List includes successful proposals in response to the Fall 2022 Request for Proposals (RFP) to implement the 2022-2026 Action Agenda and Habitat Implementation Strategies for Puget Sound through investing in five priorities to accelerate and enable habitat protection and restoration.
See highlights of some of the funded proposals on the WDFW Medium Blog and see the HSIL RFP webpage for the full Investment List and information about the RFP.
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Funding for the projects comes from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Puget Sound Geographic Program through the Habitat Strategic Initiative Lead (HSIL), a partnership between WDFW and DNR to preserve and restore Puget Sound habitat through strategic planning, funding, outreach and collaboration.
The HSIL developed investment priorities in partnership with an advisory team and include changing planning paradigms, enabling project development and readiness, encouraging behavior change, strengthening regulatory support, and increasing information and evaluation necessary for habitat planning, policy, implementation and decision-making. Selected projects went through a robust review process in consultation with policy professionals and subject matter experts from the Puget Sound recovery community.