EPA Puget Sound Recovery National Program Funds (commonly known as NEP Funds) are aimed at investing in traditionally difficult-to-fund actions that catalyze greater opportunities for future recovery progress.
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We work closely with each of our Strategic Initiative advisory Teams to select a suite of actions to invest in that advance Puget Sound recovery goals described in the 2022-2026 Action Agenda for Puget Sound. These investments build capacity, enable approaches to be replicated in other parts of Puget Sound, create commonly used tools, and learn from our collective experience.
Habitat, Stormwater, and Shellfish 2.0 Funded Project List
Below is the current list of projects that have been funded through the Puget Sound Recovery National Program with Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2021 to 2025 funds. You can use the fields at the top to filter the results.
| Project Number | Project Title | Project Owner | Funding Source | Total Award Amount | Project Description | Resources | WRIA Information | Status | Funding Year | Implementation Strategy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HSIL22-20395 | Mitigating Contamination to Nearshore Habitat from Creosote Pilings | San Juan County | Habitat SIL | $100,000 | San Juan County will complete a county-wide assessment of in-water creosote pilings. The assessment will include completing a pilings inventory, calculating estimated mitigation credits associated with their removal, and producing a roadmap for permitting, design, and contracting. This assessment will facilitate and reduce the overall costs of removing publicly-owned and potentially privately-owned creosote pilings throughout San Juan County. | 2 | Open | FFY21-22 | Marine Vegetation | |
| HSIL22-20526 | Nooksack Chinook Life Cycle Modeling | Nooksack Indian Tribe | Habitat SIL | $100,000 | The Nooksack Indian Tribe will work with Cramer Fish Sciences to complete Phase 3 of a Nooksack Chinook Salmon Life Cycle Model. Phase 3 work includes technical review, data collection, model refinements, and scenario development to support salmon recovery planning. | 1 | Open | FFY21-22 | Floodplains and Estuaries | |
| HSIL23-PSSH-WDFW | Puget Sound Starts Here | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife | Habitat SIL | $799,075 | Stormwater ponds are a common stormwater best management practice used to manage runoff from impervious surfaces in Puget Sound. The creation of habitat is seldom incorporated into stormwater pond design, implementation, and management as a priority. To better understand stormwater pond habitat opportunities, the subrecipient will survey stormwater ponds around Puget Sound and assess habitat and land cover characteristics to determine which stormwater pond conditions promote species diversity and abundance. | Click to view resources | 1, 7, 8, 11, 13,15 | Open | FFY21-22 | Land Development and Cover, Floodplains and Estuaries |
| HSIL23-22439 | Application of the Shoreline Monitoring Database to Address Restoration Effectiveness and Protection Evaluation | University of Washington | Habitat SIL | $797,275 | The subrecipient will complete data analysis to better understand shoreline management needs and assess restoration effectiveness to provide management and design recommendations for future restoration and protection. Three new protocols will also be added to the Shoreline Monitoring Database. The project also increases support for engagement of additional user groups to learn how to use the database with a focus on engaging high school students in monitoring activities. | Click to view resources | 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 ,17, 18, 19 | Open | FFY21-22 | Shorline Armoring |
| HSIL23-23154 | Regreen Everett Behavior Change Campaign | City of Everett | Habitat SIL | $443,715 | This project will engage urban property owners at the headwaters of Lake Washington (Sammamish River Watershed) to increase vegetation in riparian management zones in two city of Everett basins thereby improving water quality and watershed resilience to climate change. | Click to view resources | 8 | Open | FFY21-22 | Land Development and Cover |
| HSIL23-23401 | Tidal Channel Geomorphology and Within-Channel Juvenile Salmon Distributions | Skagit River System Cooperative | Habitat SIL | $379,890 | This project addresses several applied ecology questions relevant to tidal marsh habitat restoration design for the recovery of threatened salmon, particularly Chinook salmon. It is focused on tidal marshes in the Skagit, Snohomish, and Stillaguamish deltas, which all empty into the Whidbey Basin. Information will be collected to inform several restoration design questions that are frequently asked by civil engineers and project planners that relate to the shape of blind tidal channel networks (BTCN). | Click to view resources | 3, 5, 7 | Open | FFY21-22 | Floodplains and Estuaries |
| HSIL23-23650 | Essential Conservation Areas | Washington State Department of Natural Resources | Habitat SIL | $598,730 | This project aims to identify Essential Conservation Areas (ECAs) by compiling, identifying, and surveying rare species and ecosystems in the Puget Sound Basin, and identifying data gaps of where rare species and ecosystems have not been located in Puget Sound. The project will also incorporate climate change vulnerability assessments to help inform prioritization of ecologically important lands for protection and restoration based on threats posed by climate change. | Click to view resources | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 | Open | FFY21-22 | Land Development and Cover |
| HSIL23-23658 | Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs) and Scientific SCUBA Divers: A methods comparison to optimize bull kelp conservation and restoration in Puget Sound | Seattle Aquarium | Habitat SIL | $354,605 | In collaboration with the Port of Seattle and Puget Sound Restoration Fund, the Seattle Aquarium is proposing to scale up recent research that customized a small Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) for bull kelp survey operations and compare these methods against traditional SCUBA diver surveys. Seattle Aquarium will also test the capabilities of the ROV to assess substrate and species information to support the development of a habitat suitability model for future bull kelp restoration outplantings. | Click to view resources | 6, 8, 15, 18 | Open | FFY21-22 | Marine Vegetation |
| HSIL23-23612 | Strengthening Restoration Tools for Rebuilding Kelp Beds in Puget Sound | Puget Sound Restoration Fund | Habitat SIL | $803,430 | Building on years of testing and successes regrowing bull kelp in central Puget Sound, this project will assess the restoration practice of outplanting kelp by producing twine seeded with kelp and outplanted to structures on the seafloor to support kelp propagation, with the goal to understand the propagation, reproduction, and restoration success of outplanted kelp lines using seeds harvested from local versus non-local kelp. Restored kelp sites will also be compared to wild kelp sites. Findings will be used to develop new restoration guidance for outplanting kelp in Puget Sound. | Click to view resources | 14, 15 | Open | FFY21-22 | Marine Vegetation |
| HSIL23-23447 | Restoring Coastal Estuaries and Embayments Impacted by the Railroad | Tulalip Tribes | Habitat SIL | $375,970 | The goal of this project is to advance regional restoration planning of priority coastal stream mouths (i.e., pocket estuaries) and embayments (i.e., nearshore habitat) impacted by the BNSF railroad that occurs along 73 miles of the Puget Sound shoreline between Olympia and Canada. This project will complete estuary restoration feasibility assessments and prepare conceptual habitat restoration designs for 20 priority sites with input from BNSF and other stakeholders. | Click to view resources | 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12 | Open | FFY21-22 | Shoreline Armoring, Floodplains and Estuaries |
| HSIL23-23665 | Flexible State Funding Sources Convening | Bonneville Environmental Foundation | Habitat SIL | $155,365 | An approach authorized and encouraged by the Growth Management Act (and RCWs 43.362 and 39.108) is transfer of development rights (TDR). This voluntary, market-based real estate tool allows landowners to sell development potential from farms and forests, thereby permanently conserving them. There is an opportunity to promote TDR program participation with lands purchased using state funds and to increase the impact of state funds for conservation by using the proceeds from the sale of development rights to fund additional acquisition or stewardship. The subrecipient will convene partners to analyze challenges and develop grant guidelines and/or policy solutions to create more flexibility around TDR credit opportunities. | Click to view resources | 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 15 | Open | FFY21-22 | Land Development and Cover |
| HSIL23-23660 | Habitat Restoration Project Development and Implementation | Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians | Habitat SIL | $300,170 | This funding supports staff capacity for the Stillaguamish Tribe, a disproportionally impacted community, to continue to participate in habitat restoration and protection planning and prioritizing and scoping projects to implement their vision for salmon and watershed recovery. The overarching goals of this project are to prepare restoration projects to be shovel-ready and implement construction by providing funding for staff time to manage restoration and protection activities. | Click to view resources | 5 | Open | FFY21-22 | Floodplains and Estuaries |
| HSIL23-23591 | Forest Stewardship Expansion Project | Snohomish Conservation District | Habitat SIL | $799,990 | This project provides forestry services across 11 counties and supports long-term viability of working forests by providing direct funding to the 11 counties to provide more effective delivery of services to forest landowners and increase understanding of the benefits of forest management. By expanding forest management education and direct technical assistance to forest landowners, the outcome of this project will be a reduction in forest conversion to non-forest uses, improvement in forest management, and on-the-ground increases in forest cover. | Click to view resources | 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 | Open | FFY21-22 | Land Development and Cover |
| HSIL23-23550 | Identifying Factors Associated With Patterns in Floating Kelp Loss | Washington State Department of Natural Resources | Habitat SIL | $799,870 | Through coordinated monitoring, research, and synthesis of existing data by a coalition of organizations, this project will build on current understanding of bull kelp stressors by selecting a network of sites across a wide range of conditions to assess environmental and ecological conditions and bull kelp response to these differences. | Click to view resources | 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19 | Open | FFY21-22 | Marine Vegetation |
| HSIL23-23879 | Kitsap Natural Resource Asset Management Program (KNRAMP) | Kitsap County | Habitat SIL | $789,155 | This project will refine, pilot, and implement the Kitsap Natural Resource Asset Management Program (KNRAMP). The KNRAMP is a new framework to manage natural assets (such as forests, streams, and shorelines) using the same asset management and capital improvements principles that municipalities use to manage built infrastructure. The KNRAMP provides a mechanism to incorporate nature-based solutions and green infrastructure practices into traditional infrastructure planning. | Click to view resources | 15 | Open | FFY21-22 | Land Development and Cover, Floodplains and Estuaries |
| HSIL23-23870 | Shore Friendly Partnership Landowner Strategic Engagement | Washington State Recreation & Conservation Office | Habitat SIL | $805,685 | This project aims to accelerate the work of the Shore Friendly program by investing in a social media campaign, influencer trainings, and a community engagement and outreach strategy that will lead to an increased demand and capacity for state capital-funded armor avoidance and removal incentives to private landowners. | Click to view resources | 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 ,17, 18, 19 | Open | FFY21-22 | Shoreline Armoring |
| HSIL23-23723 | Thurston County Working Lands Conservation Strategy | Thurston County | Habitat SIL | $385,400 | The goal of this project is to develop an actionable working lands conservation strategy that provides incentives for habitat protection and restoration on working farms and forest lands. This effort will expand Thurston County's voluntary land conservation incentive programs, thereby redirecting development pressure to urban areas and protecting working natural resource lands. | Click to view resources | 11, 13, 14 | Open | FFY21-22 | Land Development and Cover |
| HSIL22-23907 | Puget Sound Land Use Mapping for Local and Regional Land Use Planning | Washington State Department of Commerce | Habitat SIL | $275,000 | This project will update the Puget Sound planned land use mapping layers in each of the 12 Puget Sound counties and 113 cities. The subrecipient will complete an analysis between the original maps and the updated maps to look at how land use trends have changed over the past decade, which areas are seeing high or low levels of growth, and where growth is occurring relative to urban growth areas, critical areas, working lands, climate change risks, priority watersheds, and/or other natural resource concerns. | Click to view resources | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 | Open | FFY21-22 | Land Development and Cover, Floodplains and Estuaries |
| HSIL23-23963 | Eelgrass Restoration Through Large Scale Seeding | San Juan Islands Conservation District | Habitat SIL | $280,301 | This project will work to develop a large-scale, low-cost eelgrass meadow restoration program to demonstrate that the practice of restoring eelgrass meadows with seeds is scientifically sound, economically efficient, and that principles associated with the practice are simple, affordable, effective and have the capacity to be implemented in other regions. | Click to view resources | 2 | Open | FFY21-22 | Marine Vegetation |
| HSIL23-23962 | Clayton Beach Eelgrass Restoration Feasibility and Design | Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation | Habitat SIL | $701,039 | This project will investigate feasibility and design to restore 13 acres of native eelgrass located within a historic dredged area at Clayton Beach, Samish Bay. The data collection and investigation will inform a feasibility study and design report and provide necessary background information to support submission of permit applications for future implementation. | Click to view resources | 1 | Open | FFY21-22 | Marine Vegetation |
| HSIL23-24113 | Parcel-scale Sea Level Rise Vulnerability for Puget Sound: Phase 2 | University of Washington | Habitat SIL | $798,785 | This project implements a second phase of the project Prioritizing Sea Level Rise Exposure and Habitat Sensitivity Across Puget Sound (Near Term Action 2018-0685) funded between 2019-2022 by the Habitat Strategic Initiative Lead. In phase 1, a quantitative sea level rise vulnerability framework, designed to identify vulnerabilities to coastal flooding and erosion exacerbated by sea level rise, was developed and applied to ~111,000 parcels in Puget Sound. This project builds upon that work by (1) integrating new data to improve the framework and expand the spatial footprint of the analysis west to the mouth of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, (2) re-calculating exposure, sensitivity and vulnerability scores for the entire study area, and (3) publishing the results in an online interactive format as well as implementing other communications actions to facilitate the use of the analysis in restoration, land use, and hazard mitigation planning. | Click to view resources | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 | Open | FFY21-22 | Shoreline Armoring |
| HSIL23-24285 | Expediting South Fork Nooksack Projects in Response to Chinook Crisis | Lummi Nation | Habitat SIL | $799,047 | The purpose of this project is to expedite the ongoing efforts to recover Chinook salmon in the South Fork Nooksack River. The South Fork Chinook salmon population experienced an unprecedented pre-spawn mortality event that began in early September 2021 and coincided with record returns of Chinook to the South Fork Nooksack River. This project will allow both Lummi Nation and Nooksack Indian Tribe to improve coordination within the South Fork, help build capacity for the tribes to lead planning and design for key projects, and increase project efficiency. | Click to view resources | 1 | Open | FFY21-22 | Floodplains and Estuaries |
| Kitsap County Derelict & Abandoned Vessel Program | Kitsap County | Habitat SIL | $200,000 | This project will develop a Derelict and Abandoned Vessel program to serve Kitsap County and cities and port districts within Kitsap County. The shoreline and nearshore areas contribute to the health and well-being of residents and visitors alike; however, abandoned and derelict vessels frequently mark that shoreline and pose hazards for boaters and anglers while impacting water quality and habitat. | 15 | Open | FFY21-22 | Marine Vegetation | ||
| HSIL23-24027 | Capacity to Expedite WRIA 1 Culvert and Fish Barrier Prioritization, Design, and Implementation | Whatcom County | Habitat SIL | $798,579 | The purpose of this project is to expedite fish barrier removal projects that are priorities for implementation across Water Resource Inventory Area 1 (WRIA 1), the Nooksack Basin and adjacent independent streams, in order to restore access to historically available habitats deemed necessary for recovery of threatened and at-risk salmon populations. | Click to view resources | 1, 3 | Open | FFY21-22 | Floodplains and Estuaries |
| SFSIL NpRFP2022_Ecology | Collaborative Strategy to Reduce Pollution in Shellfish Growing Areas | Washington State Department of Ecology | Shellfish SIL | $624,330 | Fund three Ecology Water Quality Nonpoint and Shellfish Specialists to work collaboratively with Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC) partners in Whatcom, Skagit, Pierce, Thurston, Mason, Jefferson, and Clallam counties to focus on non-dairy livestock operations and other sources of fecal pollution agricultural lands. Conduct watershed assessments to identify high risk to water quality priority areas, contact and engage landowners and operators to address identified water quality concerns, provide technical assistance to landowners and operators, and respond to referrals and report environmental concerns from local partners and the general public. | Click to view resources | 1, 3, 13, 15, 16, 18 | Open | FFY21-22 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL NpRFP2022_King | King County Pollution Identification & Correction Priority Actions for OSS Management and Puget Sound Water Quality Improvements | King County | Shellfish SIL | $910,000 | Expand Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC) and On-site Sewage System (OSS) management in Poverty Bay Shellfish Protection District (SPD) and Vashon Maury Island (VMI). Expand source tracking and pollution identification to high impact areas not yet surveyed, continue freshwater monitoring in Poverty Bay SPD to support long-term water quality management, provide financial and technical assistance for OSS inspections and repairs, and strengthen partnerships with community-based organizations. | Click to view resources | 9, 15 | Open | FFY21-22, 23 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL NpRFP2022_Mason | Mason County Partnership for Clean Water | Mason Conservation District | Shellfish SIL | $438,807 | Mason Conservation District, Mason County Environmental Health, and The Squaxin Island Tribe are working to reduce fecal pollution impacts in shellfish growing areas by provide technical assistance to cooperators in the affected watersheds and continue the education and outreach campaign. | Click to view resources | 14, 15, 16 | Open | FFY21-22 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL NpRFP2022_Pierce | South Sound Shellfish Recovery | Pierce County Surface Water Management | Shellfish SIL | $1,185,000 | The South Sound Shellfish Recovery Project is a multi-partner effort to reduce bacterial pollution sources to Shellfish Protection Districts (SPDs) in Mason, Thurston, and Pierce counties. Partners will perform planning, water quality monitoring, On-site Sewage System (OSS) Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC) work, agricultural PIC work, address point sources, and perform education and outreach with the intent of upgrading shellfish growing areas acreage in South Puget Sound. | Click to view resources | 13, 14, 15, 16 | Open | FFY21-22, 23 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL NpRFP2022_Skagit | Samish & Padilla Bay Pollution Identification & Correction | Skagit County Public Works | Shellfish SIL | $587,111 | Focus on finding and fixing smaller and dispersed fecal pollution sources and utilizing source ID work using a combination of lab testing, cheaper and faster Coliscan testing, and water level loggers to use with our existing equipment to identify illicit discharges. Work to address barriers to residents identified by a root cause analysis by providing residents temporary solutions while we work on permanent one, providing cost share for permanent solutions, reducing fear of engaging with regulators by providing opportunities to meet us and learn, and normalizing pollution-reducing behaviors. | Click to view resources | 1, 3 | Open | FFY21-22 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL NpRFP2022_SkagWhat | Skagit and Whatcom County Joint Pet Waste Outreach Project | Skagit County Public Works and Whatcom County Public Works | Shellfish SIL | $99,687 | A collaborative regional outreach campaign to decrease the amount of bagged, and un-bagged, dog waste left behind at parks and trails, as well as yards. This regional campaign will identify behavioral motivations and campaign messages using root cause analysis and social marketing techniques, host pop-up events at parks and trailheads promoting messages and incentives, provide scooping kits to dog adoption and training centers to promote messages with new owners, and reach broader audiences through social media and ads. | Click to view resources | 1, 3 | Open | FFY21-22 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL NpRFP2022_Snohomish | Savvy Septic Program | Snohomish County | Shellfish SIL | $850,000 | The Savvy Septic Program in Snohomish County aims to empower residential On-site Sewage System (OSS) owners to engage in a collective Puget Sound water quality solution through outreach, education, and finical aid for OSS maintenance, repair, and replacement. Focus on the Stillaguamish watershed to increase homeowner knowledge of proper OSS maintenance and provide financial incentives to help homeowners with OSS maintenance, repairs, and replacement. | Click to view resources | 5 | Open | FFY21-22, 23 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL NpRFP2022_Swinomish | Swinomish Indian Tribal Community PIC Program | Swinomish Indian Tribal Community | Shellfish SIL | $599,815 | Develop and implement a Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC) program to track sources of fecal pollution, support outreach to homeowners, provide financial assistance for inspections or pumping of On-site Sewage Systems (OSS), and work with Swinomish Utility Authority to initiate ongoing best management practices (BMPs) for homeowners. | Click to view resources | 3 | Open | FFY21-22 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL NpRFP2022_Tulalip | Shoreline OSS: Education & Assistance for Tulalip Reservation Residents | Tulalip Tribes of Washington | Shellfish SIL | $278,986 | Build a Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC) program on the Tulalip Reservation through foundational research and community meetings. | Click to view resources | 7 | Open | FFY21-22 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL NpRFP2022_Whatcom | Whatcom County PIC Program | Whatcom County Public Works | Shellfish SIL | $1,478,994 | Participate in Whatcom Clean Water Program (WCWP) and coordinate field staff and seasonal plans, coordinate, manage, and map data collected by WCWP partners and community groups. Engage community members in long-term water quality protection through social marketing campaigns and focused messaging based upon root cause analysis and community metrics, provide community workshops and events. Provide technical assistance through farm planners to enhance management practices, and provide financial incentives to expand community knowledge, make behavior changes easier to implement, and engage residents in stewardship pledges and actions. Implement a regulatory backstop for violations and discharges that are not controlled through incentive-based programs. Share data and information with transboundary partners to help identify and address fecal bacteria sources. | Click to view resources | 1 | Open | FFY21-22, 23 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL NpRFP2022_WSDA | Reducing Manure Impacts to Water and Building Climate Resiliency on Livestock Farms | Washington State Department of Agriculture Dairy Nutrient Management Program | Shellfish SIL | $1,500,000 | Improve nutrient management planning, develop adaptive management strategies, and build flood preparedness on livestock farms to support clean water focused in north Puget Sound shellfish watersheds. Equip manure managers with long term planning solutions, adaptive management practices, preparedness resources and will build off and directly support multi-agency and ongoing efforts to monitor water quality, educate landowners to produce results in shellfish priority watersheds. WSDA and its partners will provide inspections, application monitoring, runoff source investigations, climate focused technical assistance, and updates to the design and scope of plans to support manure management. | Click to view resources | 1, 3, 5 | Open | FFY21-22, 23 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL OfRFP2022_Blaine | City of Blaine Shellfish Restoration Project | City of Blaine | Shellfish SIL | $192,500 | Complete feasibility, design, and preliminary engineering work on five related projects directed at improving the overall performance of the Lighthouse Point Water Reclamation Facility (LPWRF). This work will support ongoing efforts by the city to upgrade LPWRF operations to meet growth demands and identify, design, and complete preliminary engineering development on these projects in preparation for further funding opportunities as such becomes available. | Click to view resources | 1 | Open | FFY21-22 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL OfRFP2022_Coupeville | Reclaimed Water Feasibility Study | Town of Coupeville | Shellfish SIL | $220,000 | Update the 2010 Reclaimed Water Feasibility Study. Review existing study, water quality, and quantity data to identify reuse potential. Develop conceptual design and materials lists, solicit construction quotes for trenchless pipelines and develop a budgetary cost estimate for all construction. Develop an operation and maintenance cost estimate and potential water sale value. Phase two of this work will involve implementing supported action(s) identified in the feasibility study that can lead to shellfish bed classification upgrades in Penn Cove. | Click to view resources | 6 | Open | FFY21-22 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL OfRFP2022_Lakehaven | Redondo Wastewater Treatment Plant Flow Diversion and Outfall Capacity Improvements, Preliminary Engineering | Lakehaven Water and Sewer District | Shellfish SIL | $609,000 | Identifying possible solutions to eliminate wet weather emergency relief events at the Redondo Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). Prepare preliminary engineering documents and design drawings for the selected diversion and outfall capacity alternatives following the current feasibility level analyses that are ongoing. | Click to view resources | 9 | Open | FFY21-22 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL OfRFP2023_Shelton | WWTP Backup Disinfection System WWTP Backup Disinfection System | City of Shelton | Shellfish SIL | $143,687 | Planning for the addition of a fully redundant backup to the existing UV disinfection system. This reliable disinfection with free chlorine aims to reduce the frequency of closure days in the conditionally approved shellfish growing area adjacent the outfall. | Click to view resources | 14 | Open | FFY23 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL NpRFP2023_Snohomish | PIC IV | Snohomish County Surface Water Management | Shellfish SIL | $670,000 | Conduct stormwater sampling to identify sources of fecal pollution, and follow-up targeted fecal source tracing. Enhance multi-agency field investigations to correct fecal pollution from livestock, human and pet waste through education and outreach, technical assistance and progressive enforcement. Increase climate change impact awareness and education by incorporating UW Climate Impact Group (CIG) river modeling to develop outreach materials on flood resiliency and land use management. Utilize Washington State University Social and Economic Sciences Research Center (WSU SESRC) to design and implement a social behavior marketing survey to identify barriers to engaging with the community. | Click to view resources | 5 | Open | FFY23 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL OfRFP2023_Skagit | Wastewater Treatment Improvements | Skagit County Planning & Development Services | Shellfish SIL | $250,000 | Upgrade the aging UV system to ensure its integrity and to continue to disinfect effluent. | Click to view resources | 3 | Open | FFY23 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL NpRFP2023_Skagit | Equitable Education and Incentives for Improving OSS Management in Skagit Shellfish Protection District | Skagit County Public Health | Shellfish SIL | $725,000 | Support local On-site Sewage System (OSS) management program implementation by offering eligible property owners rebate incentives when they complete Septics 101 education course and their required OSS maintenance inspection, following up with property owners to ensure that they correct OSS system deficiencies and fix system failures, and supporting OSS owner access to financial assistance options for their maintenance inspections and any necessary repairs, replacements, or upgrades. | Click to view resources | 1 3 | Open | FFY23 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL OfRFP2023_Taylor Bay | Upgrade of WWTP and Outfall Extension to Open Prohibited Shellfish Beds | Taylor Bay Beach Club Homeowners Association | Shellfish SIL | $1,000,000 | Proceed with engineering, design, and permitting for a new outfall and construction of a new wastewater treatment plant. The new outfall will provide a high level of dilution reducing the size of precautionary public health shellfish growing area closure zone adjacent the outfall. | Click to view resources | 15 | Open | FFY23 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL NpRFP2023_Thurston | Eld Inlet Manure Management and Technical Assistance Program | Thurston Conservation District | Shellfish SIL | $294,313 | Target Eld Watershed producers through robust and user-friendly Manure Management and Nutrient Technical Assistance programs. Provide manure management workshops, direct outreach and technical assistance to producers, and the integration of web-based manure application tools. A manure exchange program feasibility study will identify motivators and barriers to participation as well as areas and audiences of focus to best utilize manure and reduce water quality pollution. | Click to view resources | 13, 14 | Open | FFY23 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL OfRFP2023_Corrections | McNeil Island Feasibility Study | Washington State Department of Corrections | Shellfish SIL | $355,000 | Conduct feasibility study that looks at different options for handling wastewater on McNeil Island. All avenues explored would include the removal of the current outfall. | Click to view resources | 15 | Open | FFY23 | Shellfish Beds |
| SFSIL NpRFP2023_WSU | Pasture Management Outreach, Education and Technical Assistance for Culturally Diverse Populations in Skagit County | Washington State University | Shellfish SIL | $400,000 | Continue outreach and education programs to the community at large and expand outreach and education opportunities to the Spanish speaking members of the community through targeted outreach, translation of printed materials and availability of interpretation during pasture management classes. | Click to view resources | 1, 3 | Open | FFY23 | Shellfish Beds |
| WQNEPSW-2023-MasoCD-00004 | Mason Conservation District and the City of Shelton Stormwater Partnership | Mason Conservation District | Stormwater SIL | $208,875 | This project will develop a Public Road Retrofit Plan for the City of Shelton, identifying and prioritizing potential retrofit projects to address toxic stormwater impacts to salmon and water quality. Funding will also cover preliminary design for the top 2-3 projects identified in the retrofit plan. | Click to view resources | 14 | Open | FFY21-22 | Toxics In Fish |
| WQNEPSW-2023-NatCon-00002 | Puget Sound Stormwater Heatmap Version 2.0 | The Nature Conservancy | Stormwater SIL | $500,000 | This project updates The Nature Conservancy's Puget Sound Stormwater Heatmap to provide greater user accessibility, data validation, and technical documentation. The Stormwater Heatmap, first released in 2022, is an open-source tool to inform stormwater planning for regional, local, community, and tribal entities in Puget Sound. | Click to view resources | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 | Open | FFY21-22 | Toxics In Fish |
| WQNEPSW-2023-ThRePC-00005 | Thurston County Road Retrofit Planning Study | Thurston Regional Planning Council | Stormwater SIL | $438,320 | This project funds the Thurston Regional Planning Council to facilitate a roadway retrofit prioritization process for South Sound jurisdictions to plan and prioritize cost-effective stormwater retrofit projects that address inadequate legacy systems and rapid population growth. | Click to view resources | 13 | Open | FFY21-22 | Toxics In Fish |
| WQNEPSW-2023-KiCoRD-00003 | Multi-Criterion Decision Tool to Address 6PPD-Q and Tire Wear Particles | King County | Stormwater SIL | $500,000 | In this project, King County is partnering with the University of Washington to create an open-source GIS tool to help prioritize locations where stormwater treatment will have maximum benefit in keeping tire wear particles out of salmon habitat. | Click to view resources | 9 | Open | FFY21-22 | Toxics In Fish |
| WQNEPSW-2023-ZeWaWa-00009 | Toxic Chemicals in Durable Products at End of Life and Alternatives | Zero Waste Washington | Stormwater SIL | $349,947 | This three-year project will conduct an education program targeted at businesses, agencies, and residents addressing end-of-life of durable consumer products in order to reduce the exposure of humans and wildlife to toxic chemicals including flame retardants, PFAS, CECs (phthalates), and more. | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 | Open | FFY21-22 | Toxics In Fish | |
| WQNEPSW-2023-UWTaco-00008 | Cutting the Chain: Innovation to Destroy PFCs in Wastewater | University of Washington Tacoma | Stormwater SIL | $999,992 | This project is a pilot study of the use of foam fractionation and hydrothermal alkaline treatement at the Tacoma Central Wastewater Treatment Plant, to test how these technologies can be used to remove and destroy PFCs from wastewater and reduce PFC loadings to the environment. | Click to view resources | 10, 12 | Open | FFY21-22 | Toxics In Fish |
| WQNEPSW-2023-UWTaco-00006 | Sampling, Occurrence, and Toxicity of 6PPD-Q and Related Chemicals | University of Washington Tacoma | Stormwater SIL | $999,911 | This project addresses knowledge gaps in understanding the toxicity of 6PPD-quinone and additional tire-derived chemicals in roadway stormwater in small, tribally prioritized watersheds in the South Sound. | 9, 10, 11, 13 | Open | FFY21-22 | Toxics In Fish | |
| WQNEPSW-2023-WeWaUn-00010 | CECs Mixtures: Toxicity & Modeling for Prioritization | Western Washington University | Stormwater SIL | $610,254 | This project will conduct field, lab, and monitoring work to identify classes of chemicals and expand modeling of effects on fish, with a focus on estrogenic contaminants and other endocrine disrupting chemicals. | 10 | Open | FFY21-22 | Toxics In Fish | |
| WQNEPSW-2023-UWTaco-00007 | Enhanced Watershed Monitoring and Toxicological Analysis of CECs | University of Washington Tacoma | Stormwater SIL | $571,109 | This project will collect enhanced CEC monitoring data in the White-Puyallup and Stillaguamish watersheds to identify priority CEC locations in critical habitat for out-migrating Chinook salmon. | Click to view resources | 5, 10 | Open | FFY21-22 | Toxics In Fish |
| WQNEPSW-2023-HDCSKC-00013 | Addressing Toxics in Affordable Housing Flooring in King County | Housing Development Consortium of Seattle | Stormwater SIL | $996,100 | This project will remove priority chemicals from affordable multi-family buildings throughout Puget Sound via product replacement (replacing flooring and carpets in two selected buildings, with a specific focus on housing in communities at high risk of health disparities). | 7, 8, 9, 10 | Open | FFY23-24 | Toxics In Fish | |
| WQNEPSW-2023-SEADIS-00011 | PCBs in Building Materials: Tools and Education for Building Owners | Seattle and Bellevue 2030 Districts | Stormwater SIL | $260,306 | This project will create and execute an outreach and education campaign that promotes the Department of Ecology's PCBs in Building Materials tools and resources to property owners, property managers, construction companies, municipalities, and affordable housing providers. | 8, 9 | Open | FFY23-24 | Toxics In Fish | |
| WQNEPSW-2023-TPCoHD-00012 | Pierce County PFAS Product Replacement: Non-Stick Cookware | Tacoma Pierce County Health Department | Stormwater SIL | $400,947 | In this project, TPCHD will reduce human exposure to PFAS and associated toxic chemicals through identification and replacement of PFAS nonstick cookware for safer alternatives. | 10, 11, 12 | Open | FFY23-24 | Toxics In Fish | |
| Toxic Chemicals in Products: Local Government Grants | Zero Waste Washington | Stormwater SIL | $311,434 | This project is a companion to WQNEPSW-2023-ZeWaWa-00009. It adds a pass-through grant program for local governments to conduct education and outreach with businesses, agencies, and residents addressing end-of-life of consumer products to reduce exposure to toxic chemicals. | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 | Open | FFY23-24 | Toxics In Fish | ||
| Point No Point Stormwater Management Project to Support Estuary Restoration | Kitsap County | Stormwater SIL | $250,000 | This project will conduct a stormwater assessment in a low-lying coastal basin at Point No Point, a high priority for climate resiliency planning to protect residents from flood impacts and for ongoing estuary restoration work for salmon recovery.. | 15 | Contracting | FFY23-24 | Freshwater Quality, Toxics in Fish | ||
| Integration of Urban Stormwater Infrastructure in Modeling Water Quality Patterns in Small Urban Streams | USGS Washington Water Science Center | Stormwater SIL | $249,999 | This study will analyze existing datasets on streamflow, water quality, and subsurface stormwater networks to develop a comparative model integrating landscape characteristics and stormwater infrastructure in small urban streams in King County. The project will pilot this methodology to improve understanding of how stormwater infrastructure may drive degraded water quality and streamflow regimes in urban areas. | 7, 8, 9 | Contracting | FFY23-24 | Freshwater Quality, Toxics in Fish | ||
| Kelsey Creek Watershed Climate Resilient Stormwater Planning | City of Bellevue | Stormwater SIL | $250,000 | This project will conduct feasiblity studies to identify opportunities for climate-resilient retrofits to aging stormwater infrastructure in the Kelsey Creek Watershed. | 8 | Contracting | FFY23-24 | Freshwater Quality, Toxics in Fish | ||
| Selecting, Evaluating, and Optimizing Climate Projections for use in Stormwater Design | University of Washington Climate Impacts Group | Stormwater SIL | $249,983 | The partners on this project will evaluate, test, and develop approaches to support integration of climate change projections in stormwater modeling and design across Puget Sound and Western Washington. These approaches will use dynamical downscaling to produce more accurate local estimates of changing precipitation, foundational work necessary for planning and designing stormwater infrastructure capable of handling future weather patterns and extreme events. | 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 | Contracting | FFY23-24 | Freshwater Quality, Toxics in Fish | ||
| Kitsap County Stormwater Parks Planning Study | Kitsap County | Stormwater SIL | $100,000 | The project will assess water quality improvement needs and stormwater park opportunities within 300 square miles of unincorporated Kitsap County and develop design concepts and cost estimates for the top 3 sites, to be advanced to the County's capital improvement plan for design and construction. | 15 | Contracting | FFY23-24 | Freshwater Quality, Toxics in Fish | ||
| Accelerating Stormwater Park Development in King County: Preliminary Feasibility Analysis | King County | Stormwater SIL | $100,000 | King County will conduct preliminary feasibility analysis to accelerate the strategic siting and effectiveness of up to 30 stormwater parks across the County, in line with regional Stormwater Summit goals. This project will develop a preliminary heatmap to prioritize new stormwater park locations by incorporating data from existing climate, salmon recovery, equity mapping, and stormwater retrofit plans. | 7, 8, 9 | Contracting | FFY23-24 | Freshwater Quality, Toxics in Fish | ||
| Kelsey Creek Watershed Stormwater Park Planning | City of Bellevue | Stormwater SIL | $100,000 | This project will conduct a feasibility study and preliminary design for construction of a stormwater park within Bellevue's Commissioners Waterway Park. Study and design considerations will target BMPs to improve water quality in Kelsey Creek, an important Chinook and coho salmon stream, and opportunities to address environmental justice goals with neighborhood residents. | 8 | Contracting | FFY23-24 | Freshwater Quality, Toxics in Fish | ||
| GreenLink Port Angeles Valley Creek Stormwater Park | Futurewise | Stormwater SIL | $100,000 | This project will advance planning of a stormwater park as part of the Valley Creek Daylighting project, a top priority in the GreenLink Port Angeles Master Plan. Building on previous GreenLink activities, the project will conduct community engagement, and build relationships and capacity with partners to support subsequent phases of stormwater park design and construction. | 18 | Contracting | FFY23-24 | Freshwater Quality, Toxics in Fish | ||
Habitat, Stormwater, and Shellfish 1.0 Funded Project List
Below is the current list of projects that have been funded through the Puget Sound Recovery National Program with Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2016 to 2020 funds. You can use the fields at the top to filter the results.
| Project Title | Project Owner | Funding Source | LIO Direct Award | Total Amount awarded | Funding Year | Project Description | Resources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreline Armoring Reduction Project | Northwest Straits Foundation | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $386,850 | 2016 | 2016-0001 - This project builds upon ongoing efforts to reduce shore armor in north Puget Sound. This project supports behavior change of property landowners through educational outreach as well as through assistance programs designed to address barriers to reduce shoreline owners' willingness to remove and soften shore armor. The project runs from March 2017-November 2018. | Click to View Resources | |
| Forbes Creek/North Rose Hill Basin Retrofit Planning | City of Kirkland | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $337,400 | 2016 | 2016-0004 - This project produced conceptual design plans, cost estimates, and an implementation plan for three stormwater retrofit projects in the North Rose Hill Sub-Basin of the Forbes Creek Watershed. Work included site identification, soils/geologic analysis, community engagement, and hydrologic modeling. | Click to View Resources | |
| South Sound Shellfish Recovery | Pierce County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | Alliance for a Healthy South Sound | $1,232,914 | 2016, 2017 | 2016-0011 - Selected for direct award funding by the Alliance for a Healthy South Sound in 2016 and again in 2017, this project was also strongly supported by the Shellfish SIAT in both 2016 and 2017. This project implements plans for water quality closure responses associated with shellfish protection districts at Burley Lagoon, Nisqually Reach, McLane Cove, Henderson Inlet, and Filucy, Rocky, Vaughn, and Oakland Bays. | Click to View Resources |
| South Fork Dogfish Creek Restoration, Design Phase | City of Poulsbo | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | West Central LIO | $100,000 | 2017 | 2016-0017 - Selected for direct award funding by the West Central LIO, this project restored 100 feet of degraded stream channel, floodplain, and riparian management zone on the City of Poulsbo property (between 8th Avenue and Centennial Park). A new stream channel was constructed adjacent to the existing degraded channel below 8th Avenue. | Click to View Resources |
| Liberty Bay Bioretention and Low-Impact Development Program | City of Poulsbo | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $300,000 | 2017 | 2016-0018 - This project constructed bioretention cells and other low-impact development facilities at priority commercial and residential areas to support TMDL goals and upgrades to shellfish bed classifications. | Click to View Resources | |
| Accelerate Integrated Floodplain Management | The Nature Conservancy | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $500,000 | 2016 | 2016-0019 - This project leverages the momentum of the Floodplains by Design partnership to accelerate a transition to basin-scale integrated floodplain management. It advances more ambitious and sustainable floodplain management across Puget Sound. The project builds upon integrated floodplain management efforts initiated in nine of the largest watersheds in Puget Sound and leads the planning, coalition building, outreach, and funding efforts to make progress in floodplain recovery. The project runs from April 2017-December 2020 | Click to View Resources | |
| Sound Horsekeeping- Snohomish and Stillaguamish Watersheds | Snohomish Conservation District | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $70,000 | 2018 | 2016-0025 - This project will implement the Sound Horsekeeping program in the Snohomish and Stillaguamish River watersheds within Snohomish County with the goal of improving natural resource management of horse properties to reduce their contribution to stormwater runoff, specifically sediment, nutrient, and fecal coliform pollution as well as excess water. | Click to View Resources | |
| Replicable Model for Depave and Low Impact Development Retrofits | Pierce Conservation District | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $242,000 | 2016 | 2016-0032 - This project developed a Depave and Low Impact Development retrofit model and Technical Assistance Guide to allow easy adoption of the program throughout Puget Sound. The guide can be found in the "Additional Resources" link. | Click to View Resources | |
| Expand Pollution Identification and Correction Program and Onsite Sewage Management in King County per Revised Code of Washington 70.118A | King County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $380,000 | 2017 | 2016-0035 - This project will manage septic systems and other pollution sources such as agriculture using efficient mechanisms to better protect public health and natural resources. It will contribute to the goal of increasing the harvestable shellfish bed acres in Puget Sound. | Click to View Resources | |
| Balancing Fish, Farms and Floods in King County's Snoqualmie Watershed | King County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $200,000 | 2017 | 2016-0045 - This project will research riparian planting strategies to improve riparian plantings, convene discussions with partners, identify data gaps, and implement a buffer task force initiative to provide a riparian buffer strategy that balances salmon recovery with agricultural viability. It will also develop a long-term strategy for agricultural land management in the Snoqualmie Agricultural Production District. The project runs from October 2017-December 2019. | Click to View Resources | |
| Building Green Cities | Department of Commerce | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $300,000 | 2016 | 2016-0053 - This project used a social marketing and economic behaviors approach and a work group to develop and test guidance on barriers, motivations, and incentives for developers to include in low-impact development treatments in urban center redevelopment projects. | Click to View Resources | |
| Whatcom County Enhanced Pollution Identification and Correction Program (Phase 1 + 2) | Whatcom County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $1,015,000 | 2016, 2017 | 2016-0054 - This project was selected for funding in 2016 and 2017. This project applies an enhanced and adaptively managed pollution identification and correction program to reduce bacteria levels in creeks and marine waters to an expanded geographic area in Whatcom County. | Click to View Resources | |
| Living with Beavers Program | Snohomish Conservation District | Habitat Strategic Initiative | Snohomish-Stillaguamish LIO | $50,000 | 2016 | 2016-0071 - Selected for direct award funding by the Snohomish-Stillaguamish LIO, this project assisted rural residential landowners and small farms outside of the floodplains by developing outreach materials on the benefits of beavers, providing technical assistance to determine alternatives to beaver dam removal, providing funding and permitting assistance for landowners interested in installing alternative devices. The project ran from March 2017-November 2018. | Click to View Resources |
| Climate Resiliency in Snohomish River Floodplain | Snohomish Conservation District | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $200,000 | 2017 | 2016-0074 - This project will allow decision-makers and farmers to plan for and be resilient to future risks of changes in flooding, groundwater levels, and population growth's impacts on communities, agriculture, and habitat. It will provide groundwater level predictions, an online tool with the predictions, education and strategies to protect farmers and the local communities. The project runs from October 2017-December 2019. | Click to View Resources | |
| BEACH Program Bacterial Assessment at Recreation Swim and Shellfish Beaches | Department of Ecology | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $180,000 | 2017 | 2016-0076 - This project will conduct two years of weekly monitoring for fecal indicator bacteria at public saltwater swimming and shellfish beaches throughout Puget Sound. | Click to View Resources | |
| Maylors Point Feeder Bluff Armoring Removal | Northwest Straits Foundation | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $354,131 | 2016 | 2016-0088 - This project removes shoreline armor on the south-facing bluff and beach at Maylor Point, located south of Oak Harbor, Washington. The site sits at a divergent zone of two drift cells which have a combined length of 3.5 miles. The project will remove barriers to sediment transport processes and restore 1.32 acres of intertidal habitat. Citizen science groups and the landowners will assess opportunities for ongoing monitoring. The project runs from March 2017- July 2019. | Click to View Resources | |
| Community-scale Sea Level Rise and Coastal Hazard Assessment in Puget Sound | University of Washington | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $150,000 | 2016 | 2016-0089 - This project develops readable, credible, and useful information on coastal hazards projections into decision-making in Puget Sound. Existing research does not provide sub-regional impacts of sea level rise, storm surges, and waves, or the cumulative effects. The project ran from April 2017-November 2018 . | Click to View Resources | |
| The Puget Sound Stormwater Infrastructure Framework | King County, Water and Land Resources Division | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $85,000 | 2017 | 2016-0097 - This project created a comprehensive map of the Puget Sound's stormwater system for each jurisdiction to use. A common regional mapping system allows jurisdictions to work together more efficiently, share resources and information, and manage stormwater systems in a unified manner. | Click to View Resources | |
| Ditch Maintenance and Enhancement Strategy | King County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $149,750 | 2016 | 2016-0099 - To maximize the potential of roadside ditches to help manage the flow and quality of stormwater, King County worked with Herrera Environmental Consulting and Regional Operations and Maintenance Program (ROADMAP) to refine ditch maintenance standards and enlarge the ditch maintenance toolbox | Click to View Resources | |
| Island County Pollution Identification and Correction Program | Island County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $200,000 | 2017 | 2016-0105 - This project will support the next phase of the pollution identification and correction program in Island County. It will work to identify bacteria sources in target watersheds with known surface water quality exceedances. | Click to View Resources | |
| Engaging the Community in Strait Ecosystem Recovery | Jefferson County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network | $100,000 | 2017 | 2016-0107 - Selected for direct award funding by the Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network, the project partners successful provided environmental education, training, and ongoing coordination to community members and students to help restore riparian ecosystems on the North Olympic Peninsula. Along with other successes, the project resulted in the improvement of riparian buffers along Salmon Creek, Chimacum Creek, and the Hoko River by engaging students to plant more than 400 native trees and shrubs. The project ran from April 2018-February 2020. | Click to View Resources |
| Salmon Heroes: Field Based Education Program for Improved Waters Quality | Environmental Science Center | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $91,500 | 2017 | 2016-0108 - This project expanded the Salmon Heroes program to more students across the South Central Puget Sound area, focusing on low-income communities. This program educated 4th - 8th graders on water quality, salmon habitat, and stormwater runoff | Click to View Resources | |
| Develop Data and Support for Floodplain Management Strategies | Whatcom County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $750,000 | 2017 | 2016-0113 - This project will perform technical analyses and facilitate the development of reach-scale floodplain management strategies and projects. This project will also integrate these strategies with floodplain and watershed recovery planning efforts. The project ran from December 2017-December 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Shoreline Monitoring Toolbox - protocol implementation and data management | Washington Sea Grant | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $128,000 | 2017 | 2016-0119 - The Shoreline Monitoring Toolbox provides standardized approaches to monitor shorelines in Puget Sound. The development of a database and expansion of the toolbox implementation will generate information that can be used in guidance to encourage more armoring removals, or soft armoring use, and will provide an adaptive management framework to identify what is and is not working for the benefit of future restoration projects. The project runs from January 2018-January 2020. | Click to View Resources | |
| Numerical Groundwater Model to Support Stream Flow Management Needs | Public Utility District No. 1 of Whatcom County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $100,000 | 2016 | 2016-0124 - Selected for funding by the Public Utility District Number 1 of Whatcom County for funding in 2016 and again in 2017, this project resulted in the development of a surface water-groundwater model exchange. This model was used to evaluate approaches for protecting instream resources while also quantifying tribal water rights and determining the current and future out-of-stream needs. The project built upon baseline data and estimates the temporal and spatial impacts to surface water resources, focusing on Lynden, Everson, Nooksack, and Sumas study areas. The project ran from March 2017-July 2018. | Click to View Resources | |
| Advancing Western Strait Fish Passage Barrier Removal | North Olympic Peninsula Lead Entity | Habitat Strategic Initiative | Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network | $100,000 | 2016 | 2016-0131 - Selected for direct award funding by the Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network, the project advances salmon and ecosystem recovery by removing fish passage barriers in Western Clallam county. The project incorporated both fieldwork to inventory fish passage barriers as well as the GIS work to prioritize them. This included landowner outreach, feasibility and pre-design, and design work needed to repair fish passage barriers. The project ran from May 2017-December 2018. | Click to View Resources |
| Recovery of select freshwater salmonid habitat in the San Juan Islands | San Juan County Lead Entity | Habitat Strategic Initiative | San Juan LIO | $50,000 | 2016 | 2016-0136 - Selected for direct award funding by the San Juan LIO, this project incorporated freshwater into San Juan Island's salmonid recovery planning to restore salmon spawning and rearing habitat. The project outcomes included compilation of existing reports, analyzation of existing information, and brought community members and technical experts together to evaluate the limiting factors of salmon production on focal watersheds. The project ran from March 2017-June 2019. | Click to View Resources |
| Advancing Sea Level Rise (SLR) Adaptation in San Juan County | Friends of the San Juans | Habitat Strategic Initiative | San Juan LIO | $59,124 | 2016 | 2016-0140 - Selected for direct award funding by the San Juan LIO, This project mapped sea level rise erosion and inundation risks along with nearshore priority habitats and creates new communication tools. The goal of the project was to increase local capacity to address the impacts of rising sea levels and improve resiliency through community engagement, technical assistance, and collaborative efforts. The project ran from March 2017-December 2018. | Click to View Resources |
| Completing HRCD 2015w/Land Cover and extending through the 2017 NAIP flight | WDFW | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $375,000 | 2017 | 2016-0141 - This project upgraded and maintained the high-resolution change detection program, and incorporated land-cover mapping over the portions of Puget Sound that have LiDAR coverage. This project completed the 2013-2015 and the 2015-2017 change mapping. The project ran from October 2017- September 2020. | Click to View Resources | |
| Vessel Traffic Risk Consequences in the Salish Sea | San Juan County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | San Juan LIO | $100,000 | 2017 | 2016-0149 - Selected for direct award funding by the San Juan LIO, this project resulted in an analysis to fully characterize the consequences of increased vessel traffic in the Salish Sea. The analysis included an evaluation of the transport effects and costs associated with projected natural resources and community damage drawing on information from past studies and the network of marine managers, local government, and community organizations. The project ran from April 2018-October 2019. | Click to View Resources |
| Policy on Dispersant Use in San Juan County Waters | University of Washington | Habitat Strategic Initiative | San Juan LIO | $40,479 | 2016 | 2016-0151 - Selected for direct award funding by the San Juan LIO, this project was developed to inform San Juan County decision makers on oil dispersants. It included a review of current scientific information on dispersant effectiveness and toxicity. This project addressed top questions including which dispersants may be most useful, if they can be effective in San Juan Island water conditions, and what potential impacts dispersants might have on local organisms and habitats. The project ran from March 2017-December 2017. | Click to View Resources |
| Water Quality Outreach & Best Management Practice Assistance | Snohomish Conservation District | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | Island LIO | $20,950 | 2016 | 2016-0155 - Selected for funding by the Island LIO, this project (in conjunction with NTA 2016-0323) was focused on conducting public outreach and providing technical assistance to rural landowners in two Island County watersheds to encourage and support stormwater and agricultural best management practice (BMP) implementation. | Click to View Resources |
| Targeted Livestock Best Management Practice Implementation | San Juan Islands Conservation District | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $250,000 | 2017 | 2016-0157 - This project will provide targeted outreach to livestock managers in known areas of water quality concern to promote implementation of best management practices that will control sources of bacterial contamination and excess nutrients and improve water quality. | Click to View Resources | |
| Mountains to Sound - Collaborative K-12 Education Pilot Program | Stillaguamish Tribe | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $54,168 | 2016 | 2016-0159 - This project, in collaboration with ECO Net, coordinates Mountains to the Sound programmatic lesson plans for grades 3 to 5 in the Stillaguamish watershed so that teachers have a centralized repository for lessons, scheduling, and training. | Click to View Resources | |
| DNR Aquatics Puget Sound Creosote Removal Program | Department of Natural Resources | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $325,000 | 2016 | 2016-0161 - This project enhances the derelict creosote-treated wood removal efforts in Puget Sound. It will support continued efforts to remove creosote-treated beach debris in sensitive habitat areas and impacts the species that utilize the vital habitat. This project will remove 225+ tons of diffuse creosote and beach debris throughout Puget Sound and work with partners to remove creosote logs from priority locations including the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Sequim, Neah Bay, Hood Canal, Kitsap Peninsula, Snohomish, and San Juan Archipelago. The project ran from April 2017-December 2018. | Click to View Resources | |
| Latino Stormwater and LID Outreach Project in Southwest Snohomish County | WSU Snohomish County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | Snohomish-Stillaguamish LIO | $100,000 | 2017 | 2016-0162 - Selected for direct award funding by the Snohomish-Stillaguamish LIO, this project addresses stormwater pollution issues in Snohomish and Stillaguamish watersheds by engaging latino communities with a willingness to act and a desire for information and resources. They will learn about stormwater pollution impacts and sources and implement low cost, easy techniques such as the use of rain barrels and natural yard care to increase infiltration and rainwater catchment. | Click to View Resources |
| Reducing Zinc Pollution to Puget Sound | Department of Ecology | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $395,000 | 2017 | 2016-0164 - This project focused on advancing the use of safer alternatives to zinc containing products so that sources of zinc in stormwater are minimized. | Click to View Resources | |
| MRC_Snohomish_Estuary_Cleanup | Snohomish County Marine Resources Committee | Habitat Strategic Initiative | Snohomish-Stillaguamish LIO | $50,000 | 2016 | 2016-0169 - Selected for direct award funding by the Snohomish-Stillaguamish LIO, the project leaders worked with the Washington State Department of Natural Resources, Derelict Vessel Removal Program to legally take ownership of derelict vessels in the Snohomish Estuary to restore the declining nearshore habitats and prevent further damage from derelict vessels. The project ran from April 2017-December 2018. | Click to View Resources |
| Develop a Riparian Restoration Program in Thurston County | Thurston County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $552,500 | 2017, 2020 | 2016-0175, 2018-0380 - This project assists Thurston county in developing a riparian restoration program to improve water quality and mitigate impacts from stormwater and nonpoint pollution. The program will also benefit aquatic habitat, increase resiliency to floods and droughts, and support recreational use of streams. | Click to View Resources | |
| Nonpoint source reduction actions in shellfish watersheds | Department of Ecology | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $210,000 | 2017 | 2016-0178 - This project will provide two inspectors to work with livestock operators using an agency-wide initiative to increase the effectiveness of agency actions resolving nonpoint pollution problems with livestock producers in shellfish watersheds. | Click to View Resources | |
| Notification to septic system owners in Marine Recovery Areas (MRAs) | Department of Health (for Skagit County) | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $100,000 | 2016 | 2016-0191 - This project responds to an accelerated pollution identification and control program as more septic system failures are identified and require investigation and follow-up. | Click to View Resources | |
| West Central Nearshore Restoration Prioritization and Armor Removal | Kitsap County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | West Central LIO | $130,000 | 2016 | 2016-0196 - Selected for direct award funding by the West Central LIO in 2016 and again in 2018, this project contributes to restoring nearshore ecosystems by supporting shoreline armor removal projects. The focus was to provide incentives to homeowners who wish to construct armor removal-restoration projects on their private shores to improve beach health. The project ran from March 2017-December 2020. | Click to View Resources |
| Stream Crossings Prioritization Along Puget Sound Shores with a Railroad | Confluence Environmental Company | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $150,000 | 2017 | 2016-0198 - The project was based on a collaborative, science-based prioritization of stream crossings on the Puget Sound shores bordered by the railroad. Outcomes of this project include analyze the technical information needed to ensure restoration efforts are properly focused on the areas that will lead to the greatest ecological benefits. The second phase of this project (NTA 2018-0965) was funded in 2020. The project runs from January 2018-October 2019. | Click to View Resources | |
| GreenLink Watershed Plan for Port Angeles Creeks (Phase 1 and 2) | Futurewise | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $497,400 | 2017, 2018 | 2016-0199, 2018-0615 - This project will improve water quality in Port Angeles with a two-phase, watershed-scale, green infrastructure project. Phase 1 develops an integrated network of implementable green infrastructure recommendations to improve water quality, habitat, and community assets. Phase 2 will support the development and implementation of projects and programs identified in Phase 1. | Click to View Resources | |
| Enhanced Stormwater System Maintenance for Mitigation | City of Tacoma | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $350,000 | 2016 | 2016-0203 - This projects implemented enhanced maintenance practices such as system cleaning and street sweeping as cost-effective stormwater management tools. | Click to View Resources | |
| Skagit County Compliance Assurance Program | Department of Health (for Skagit County) | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $244,000 | 2016 | 2016-0206 - This project is in coordination with Skagit County to propose enhancements to the pollution identification and correction program for the Samish Bay watershed including additional hotspot investigation, use of a sewage-detecting dog, accelerated property inspections, and septic system dye testing. This project is part of a suite of related Skagit County PIC NTAs (2016-0206, 2016-0207, 2018-0208, and 2018-0209). | Click to View Resources | |
| Skagit County Chemical Tracers Implementation | Department of Health (for Skagit County) | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $37,800 | 2016 | 2016-0207 - This project uses the information and techniques developed in the current National Estuary Program grant to implement basin-wide sampling for chemical tracers of human and agricultural fecal coliform pollution. This project is part of a suite of related Skagit County PIC NTAs (2016-0206, 2016-0207, 2018-0208, and 2018-0209). | Click to View Resources | |
| Phase II Skagit County Social Marketing Study | Department of Health (for Skagit County) | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $25,000 | 2016 | 2016-0208 - This project is in coordination with Skagit County to continue with Phase 2 of a social marketing study, which includes evaluating existing outreach and education material, creating new materials, and providing overall recommendations to guide future efforts. This project is part of a suite of related Skagit County PIC NTAs (2016-0206, 2016-0207, 2018-0208, and 2018-0209). | Click to View Resources | |
| Skagit County Storm Sampling | Department of Health (for Skagit County) | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $80,000 | 2016 | 2016-0209 - This project provides additional resources to expand the Skagit County storm-sampling program to better characterize and locate fecal coliform pollution in the Samish Bay watershed and manage the Samish Bay Growing Area. This project is part of a suite of related Skagit County PIC NTAs (2016-0206, 2016-0207, 2018-0208, and 2018-0209). | Click to View Resources | |
| Puget Sound Starts… at my School! | Snohomish Conservation District | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $97,200 | 2016 | 2016-0218 - The purpose of Puget Sound Starts at My School was to engage students, staff, and community members in the design, planning, installation, and maintenance of Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) projects on school campuses. | Click to View Resources | |
| State Oversight of Pollution Identification and Correction Programs | Department of Health | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $75,000 | 2016 | 2016-0220 - Explore options, assign responsibilities, and build program capacity for state oversight of pollution identification and control programs. | Click to View Resources | |
| Stormwater Ditch BMP Retrofits | San Juan County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $97,500 | 2017 | 2016-0223 - This project improved the performance of roadside ditches by increasing stormwater treatment and managing conveyance with swales planted with native vegetation within San Juan County. This project reduces bacetria, nutrient, and heavy metal discharge into Weeks Wetland and Fisherman Bay by retrofitting 1,000ft of bioswales. | Click to View Resources | |
| Permeable Pavement Standards Development Based on Lessons Learned | City of Tacoma | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $550,000 | 2016 | 2016-0224 - This project installed five new permeable mix designs, totaling 20,000 SF, and used new material testing procedures to further permeable pavement durability, enhance permeable pavement standards, and support an increase in confidence of permeable pavements | Click to View Resources | |
| Technical & financial assistance-private property LID retrofits in Kirkland | Kirkland City | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $265,000 | 2017 | 2016-0232 - This project uses technical assistance and rebates to encourage Low Impact Development (LID) retrofits to be done on commercial and residential properties. LID retrofits lead to a reduction of the volume of stormwater runoff into Kirkland's local water bodies. | Click to View Resources | |
| Kitsap County Shoreline Monitoring Program | Kitsap Public Health District | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $150,000 | 2016 | 2016-0237 - This project conducts the shoreline monitoring program in Kitsap County to maintain the status of harvestable acreage and upgrade Liberty Bay and Miller Bay. | Click to View Resources | |
| Better Ground | Puget Sound Conservation Districts Caucus | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $274,275 | 2017 | 2016-0246 - This project increased impact at the local level by providing urban and rural residents with website and outreach tools to implement best management practices on private property. | Click to View Resources | |
| Enhanced OSS in Clallam County's MRA | Clallam County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $160,000 | 2016 | 2016-0251 - This project upgrades harvestable shellfish beds, inventory all onsite sewage systems for inspection, fix failing systems, educate owners, update the Onsite Sewage System Management Plan, and attain stable funding. | Click to View Resources | |
| Phthalates Research for Source Control - Phase I | Futurewise | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | South Central Action Area Caucus Group | $100,000 | 2016 | 2016-0255 - Selected for direct award funding by the South Central Action Area Caucus Group, this phthalates research and outreach project developed an inventory of external-use products used by businesses and agencies in the Duwamish and Commencement Bay Superfund source areas. The project analyzed phthalates in products and environmental samples. | Click to View Resources |
| Implement a no-discharge zone within Puget Sound | Department of Ecology | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $141,000 | 2017 | 2016-0256 - This project will implement a no-discharge zone for all or parts of Puget Sound, following a final petition and determination by the United States Environmental Protection Agency. This project will fill a gap and fund a the outreach and education needed for residents effected by the No-Discharge zone. | Click to View Resources | |
| Liberty & Miller Bay Working Farms' Water Pollution & Control Project | Kitsap Conservation District | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $230,800 | 2016, 2017 | 2016-0275 - This project was selected for funding in 2016 and 2017. This project provides technical assistance to help farmers identify what activities cause risk to shellfish growing areas in Liberty and Miller Bays. It works to implement best management practices to reduce and control pollution. | Click to View Resources | |
| Characterization of Contaminants of Emerging Concern in Regional Waters | University of Washington | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $200,000 | 2016 | 2016-0281 - This project conducted focused, coordinated sampling of contaminants of emerging concern in potential sources, including stormwater and wastewater. It also coordinated sampling in potential receptors, including biological tissue and water, to characterize risks and prioritize the potential sources and receptors for follow-up action. | Click to View Resources | |
| Alternatives Assessments for High Priority Chemicals | Department of Ecology | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $400,000 | 2017 | 2016-0283 - This project will conduct an alternatives assessment for polychlorinated piphenyls in pigments and phthalates used as plasticizers in order to reduce toxic loadings in Puget Sound waters. | Click to View Resources | |
| Non-Dairy Inspectors - Whatcom and Skagit Shellfish Recovery | Department of Ecology | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $723,000 | 2016, 2017 | 2016-0286 - This project was selected for funding in 2016 and 2017. This project works to identify and stop nondairy discharges of livestock manure in the Whatcom Clean Water Program in WRIA 1 and in the Clean Samish Initiative in WRIA 3. | Click to View Resources | |
| Stormwater Chemical Characterization and Watershed Prioritization | University of Washington | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $232,000 | 2016 | 2016-0289 - This project surveyed stormwater in Puget Sound creeks to identify sources, watersheds, and time periods that are responsible for disproportionate water quality degradation and should be prioritized for restoration or stormwater treatment efforts. | Click to View Resources | |
| Puget Sound Conservation District Stormwater Action Team | Puget Sound Conservation District | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $195,050 | 2017 | 2016-0292 - This project will replicate successful programs, like Residential Stormwater Solutions, from other regions such as DePave projects, Rain Gardens and Catchment, and Stormwater Pond Maintenance Training in the North Sound conservation districts of Whatcom, San Juan Islands, Whidbey Island, Skagit, Snohomish, and King. The PSCD Stormwater Action Team (SAT) will be composed of interdisciplinary staff and will work alongside the Veteran Conservation Corps. | Click to View Resources | |
| Clean Marina WA program expanded and funded in Puget Sound | Puget Soundkeeper Alliance | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $140,000 | 2016, 2017 | 2016-0295 - This project was selected for funding in 2016 and 2017. This project funds and expands Clean Marina Washington program to provide no-discharge zone and vessel sewage outreach to marinas and boaters. | Click to View Resources | |
| Integrated Watershed Plan Monitoring and Adaptive Management | Hood Canal Coordinating Council | Habitat Strategic Initiative | Hood Canal Coordinating Council | $60,000 | 2017 | 2016-0297 - Selected for direct award funding by the Hood Canal Coordinating Council, the project resulted in the update of the Integrated Watershed Plan data, status changes, and two new indicators were added to ourhoodcanal.org. The project ran from March 2018-December 2020. | Click to View Resources |
| Hood Canal Regional Polliution Identification & Correction Program | Hood Canal Coordinating Council | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $444,500 | 2016 | 2016-0300 - This project is a collaboration with Jefferson, Kitsap, and Mason Counties and the Port Gamble S'Klallam and Skokomish Tribes to implement prioritized pollution identification and correction work and advance water quality monitoring throughout Hood Canal. | Click to View Resources | |
| Hood Canal Bridge Assessment | Hood Canal Coordinating Council | Habitat Strategic Initiative | Hood Canal Coordinating Council | $75,000 | 2016 | 2016-0305 - Selected for direct award funding by the Hood Canal Coordinating Council, Long Live the Kings (LLTK) and partners explored options to address ecosystem effects of the Hood Canal Bridge. This included developing and implementing an assessment of effects of the Hood Canal Bridge to determine, precisely and functionally, how the bridge is affecting tidal circulation, water quality, and migration of steelhead and other salmonid species. The project ran from March 2017-December 2019. | Click to View Resources |
| Financing Options for Healthy Onsite Sewage Systems (OSS) | Snohomish County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $200,000 | 2016, 2017 | 2016-0306 - This project was selected for funding in 2016 and 2017. This project provides affordable financing options and education to help residents in the Snohomish-Stillaguamish watersheds maintain healthy onsite sewage systems through grants, rebates, and workshops. | Click to View Resources | |
| Integrated Floodplain Management | Snohomish County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $240,000 | 2016 | 2016-0310 - This project fosters the coordinated implementation of local projects that address multiple priority pressures. The project restores degraded floodplain area and reduces flood hazards in the Snohomish and Stillaguamish basins. The project ran from March 2017-December 2018. | Click to View Resources | |
| Model Volunteer Program for Oil Spill Response / Assessment | Washington State University Extension | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $58,262 | 2017 | 2016-0315 - The Oil Spill Awareness and Response Support (OSARS) program is an effort to bridge the federal, state, and local oil spill response actvities with organizations and programs that invest in and sustain volunteers. The pilot OSARS program culminated in a two-day online training held on September 19th and 26th of 2020. This project ran from April 2018 - December 2020. | Click to View Resources | |
| Implement Clallam Co.’s Enhanced PIC Program in the MRA | Clallam County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $198,000 | 2016 | 2016-0319 - This project works to increase harvestable shellfish beds, monitor water quality, and identify and correct sources of pollution in Meadowbrook and Matriotti Creeks. | Click to View Resources | |
| Evaluate the status of marine birds at greatest risk from oil spills | Seattle Audubon Society | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $104,500 | 2017 | 2016-0322 - This project expanded the current Puget Sound Seabird survey to include areas at high risk from increased vessel traffic and trains in all participating citizen scientists to respond then there is an oil spill. The project expanded the existing survey into north Sound providing baseline data or marine bird densities and distributions to identify areas of greatest concern. It also modified existing procedures to conduct supplemental surveys through the study area in the event of an oil spill to evaluate bird species at risk and inform response plans and actions The project ran from December 2017-December 2019. | Click to View Resources | |
| Maxwelton Watershed Water Quality Outreach and BMP Implementation | Whidbey Island Conservation District | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $34,050 | 2016 | 2016-0323 - Selected for funding by the Island LIO, this project (in conjunction with NTA 2016-0155) was focused on conducting public outreach and providing technical assistance to rural landowners in two Island County watersheds to encourage and support stormwater and agricultural best management practice (BMP) implementation. | Click to View Resources | |
| Subtidal Monitoring of Shoreline Restoration Effectiveness | University of Washington - Puget Sound Institute | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $198,000 | 2017 | 2016-0328 - This project will assess the effectiveness of ongoing and planned shoreline restoration projects for biological endpoints beyond the beach and subtidal zones. The project will show the ecological benefits at local and landscape level scales for different types of shoreline restoration projects. The project runs from January 2018- October 2020. | Click to View Resources | |
| Penn Cove Watershed Stormwater Technical Assistance | Whidbey Conservation District | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | Island LIO | $100,000 | 2017 | 2016-0329 - Selected for direct award funding by the Island LIO, this project was focused on conducting public outreach and providing technical assistance to rural and sub-urban landowners within the Penn Cove Watershed on Whidbey Island, to encourage and support landowners with the implementation of stormwater and agricultural Best Management Practices (BMPs). | Click to View Resources |
| Determine Organics and Bacterial Reductions by Treatment BMP | Department of Ecology | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $300,000 | 2017 | 2016-0338 - This project will measure how effectively best management practices remove certain organics such as polyaromatic hydrocarbons and bacteria such as fecal coliforms and enterococci. | Click to View Resources | |
| Urban Tree and Forest Canopy Cover Toolkit | King Conservation District | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $153,500 | 2016 | 2016-0343 - The Project tested and calibrated USDA FS i-Tree Hydro in comparison with Western Washington Hydrology Model (WWHM) to support collaboration between urban forester and stormwater professionals on tree canopy and stormwater management priorities. | Click to View Resources | |
| Perrinville Creek Basin Green Stormwater Infrastructure Study | Snohomish Conservation District | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $97,750 | 2017 | 2016-0364 - The Perrinville Basin, located within the boundaries of the Cities of Lynwood and Edmonds is a watershed that has been prioritized across jurisdictions as an opportunity to reduce severe sedimentation, flooding, and fish passage issues. To date, several Feasibility Studies have been completed – the Perrinville Creek Flow Reduction Study which focuses on capital projects (DOE funded, 2013), and the Community-Based Stormwater Solutions for Perrinville Report (Partial funding by Boeing for original NTA, 2016). This work will utilize both of those studies, as well as partner relationships, to select at least two demonstration projects to be constructed within the basin. | Click to View Resources | |
| Puget Sound-wide Zooplankton Monitoring Program | Long Live the Kings | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $680,000 | 2016 | 2016-0367 - This project provides local resource management agencies with best available science to guide decision making in the marine environment and integrated ecosystem monitoring. Zooplankton monitoring is a cost-effective, efficient means to understand how changes in the environment translate up the food web. The monitoring data will make data available to the public to be used for regional analyses, ecosystem models, and coordinated results among the Puget Sound recovery community. The project runs from March 2017-November 2018. | Click to View Resources | |
| Enhancing CAO Effectiveness via Adaptive Management | WDFW | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $331,200 | 2017 | 2016-0368 - This project will use available land cover change data and other geographic information to develop critical area adaptive management strategies with local governments and state agencies. This project will work with two local jurisdictions to effectively modify their regulatory and non-regulatory programs to effectively protect the critical areas. The project runs from December 2017-December 2020. | Click to View Resources | |
| Retention of Agricultural Lands at Risk of Conversion in Puget Sound | State Conservation Commission | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $124,000 | 2017 | 2016-0371 - This project identifies the projected risk of agricultural land conversion to non-agricultural uses using the Washington State Parcel Database developed by the University of Washington School of Environmental and Forest Sciences. | Click to View Resources | |
| Puget Sound Chinook Recovery Nearshore Chapter Update | WDFW | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $35,000 | 2017 | 2016-0376 - This project will complete the update of the Chinook Recovery Nearshore Chapter, including a synthesis of nearshore research and climate change science. The chapter update will give a diverse set of local restoration project sponsors the tools they need to achieve salmon recovery work. The project runs from February 2018 - January 2020. | Click to View Resources | |
| Enhancing Regional Technial Capacity Through the Marine Shoreline Design Guidelines | WDFW | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $150,000 | 2017 | 2016-0380 - This project provides engineering technical assistance, training, and outreach to land owners and contractors to encourage minimization of armor, or soft techniques of armoring if necessary. The training will help land owners use the Marine Shoreline Design Guidelines to identify objectives, analyze site conditions, and determine appropriate shoreline treatments throughout Puget Sound. The project runs from January 2018- March 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Next-phase protection and restoration plans for select B-IBI basins | King County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $510,700 | 2016 | 2016-0382 - This project focused on the identification of stressors affecting freshwater quality and stream health, and recommendations for stream restoration and protection. | Click to View Resources | |
| Invertebrate supplementation as restoration action in select B-IBI basins | King County, Water and Land Resources Division | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | South Central Action Area Caucus Group | $100,000 | 2017 | 2016-0383 - Selected for direct award funding by the South Central Action Area Caucus Group, this project implemented "Invertebrate supplementation" or "bug seeding" to help identify and prioritize areas appropriate for protection, restoration, and low impact development. In basins with "fair" B-IBI scores with no obvious current stressors, bug seeding helped to provide information to inform the next actions necessary. | Click to View Resources |
| South Sound Discovery Farms | American Farmland Trust | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $327,261 | 2017 | 2016-0394 - The Discovery Farms Washington project will establish two Discovery Farms in the Puget Sound watershed to document and promote the benefits of implementing ecology-eligible Best Management Practices (BMPs) on farmland. These Discovery Farms will be operating farms cooperatively participating in an on-farm systems, evaluation and demonstration project, with the goal of increasing understanding of the impact of on-farm practices on water quality and improving adoption of BMPs. | Click to View Resources | |
| Lower Stillaguamish Pollution Identification and Correction Program | Snohomish County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $300,000 | 2017 | 2016-0395 - This project will continue working with partner agencies to identify and remove sources of fecal coliform and nutrient pollution in the Lower Stillaguamish River basin, primarily from on site sewage systems, livestock manure, and household pet waste. | Click to View Resources | |
| Hood Canal Landscape Assessment & Prioritization Tool | Hood Canal Coordinating Council | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $65,000 | 2016, 2017 | 2016-0397 - Selected for funding by the Hood Canal Coordinating Council for funding in 2016 and again in 2017, this project investigated countywide planning policies and determined gaps or opportunities to align or improve consistency across jurisdictional boundaries to improve protection and stewardship of Hood Canal natural resources. The project ran from March 2017-March 2020. | Click to View Resources | |
| Puget Sound Watershed Characterization Review and Update | Department of Ecology | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $228,000 | 2016 | 2016-0399 - This project reviewed and updated the Puget Sound watershed characterization indices to develop a climate change module. It also incorporated new data to keep assessments accurate and current in how they inform land use decisions by local governments. | Click to View Resources | |
| Floodplain recovery target refinement | Department of Ecology | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $280,000 | 2016 | 2016-0401 - This project establishes the foundation to monitor, assess, and report information regarding the footprint and performance metrics for functional and degradation of floodplains. The result will be a map of baseline conditions across all major rivers in Puget Sound. The project runs from March 2017-March 2020. | Click to View Resources | |
| Ocean Acidification Hotspots and Sources of Shellfish Resilience | DNR | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $140,000 | 2017 | 2016-0405 - This project will collect environmental and biological data in Puget Sound nearshore environments to identify areas where shellfish and habitat experience stress from ocean acidification and rising temperatures. This project will include field work and laboratory analysis of discrete water samples and shellfish morphology. The information gathered aims to identify ocean acidification hotspots for resilient ecosystem services The project ran from March 2017-January 2020. | Click to View Resources | |
| Land Application of Manure Practices in N. Puget Sound Counties | Department of Agriculture | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $404,000 | 2016, 2017 | 2016-0407 - This project was selected for funding in 2016 and 2017. This project uses water quality monitoring, source identification sampling, and surveillance to evaluate manure use in crop production in north Puget Sound counties. | Click to View Resources | |
| Add Acidification Parameters to Ecology Monitoring Network | Department of Ecology | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $370,785 | 2017 | 2016-0408 - This project will add acidification information, expand the measures of alkalinity, and dissolved inorganic carbon monitoring to stations visited each month in 2017 and 2018. This information will inform fundamental carbon processes throughout the Salish Sea and help determine when waters are a source or sink of carbon dioxide to the local atmosphere. The project runs from March 2018- March 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| South Prairie Creek (RM 4.0-4.6) Floodplain Project Phase 1 | South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $248,000 | 2016 | 2016-1158 - This portion of the project installs a bridge over Silver Springs and implements the first phase of planting at the restoration site. The bridge replaces a condemned bridge over the main channel South Prairie Creek with a bridge over the much smaller spring channel on the east side of the project. The project runs from March 2017-December 2020. | Click to View Resources | |
| Kristoferson Creek Fish Passage Improvements | Snohomish Conservation District | Habitat Strategic Initiative | Island LIO | $45,750 | 2016 | 2016-1216 - Selected for direct award funding by the Island LIO, this project corrected two barriers at the mouth of Kristoferson Creek on Camano Island. The removal opened fish access to 1.6 miles of spawning and rearing habitat. The new crossings will also likely improve other fluvial and tidal processes in the upstream salt marsh habitat. The project ran from March 2017-December 2018. | Click to View Resources |
| Protection and Restoration of Shoreline Processes: Training, Integration of Green Shores for Homes and Shore Friendly | Washington Sea Grant | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $335,000 | 2019 | 2018-0085, 2018-0142 - This grant will use a needs assessment to develop a training guide that will help advance shoreline armor removal efforts and increase the use of soft shore techniques in Puget Sound. This project will fill gaps in the approach to shoreline work in Puget Sound and integrate the Green Shores for Homes (GSH) and Shore Friendly bodies of work and resources, with a focus on local government partners. This project runs from May 2020 - March 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Sustainable Lands Strategy Communication and Outreach | WDFW | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $175,000 | 2020 | 2018-0097 - This project will build a strategic communication and outreach program that enables partners, landowners, and decision makers to understand the benefits of collaboration around land use decisions in the floodplain to make agriculture, habitat, and communities more resilient. This project runs from December 2020 - December 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Snohomish Co Financing Options for Healthy Onsite Sewage Systems (OSS) | Snohomish County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $425,000 | 2019, 2020 | 2018-0129 -This project was selected for funding in 2019 and 2020. This project will improve water quality and upgrade or re-open shellfish beds in the Snohomish-Stillaguamish watershed through financial tools for OSS repair, replacement, and maintenance and through homeowner education on OSS operations and maintenance. | Click to View Resources | |
| Enhanced OSS in Clallam County's MRA Phase 2 | Clallam County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $240,000 | 2018 | 2018-0152 - This project enhances the on-site septic system program to inventory all OSS for inspection, to fix failing OSS, to educate OSS owners, to update the OSS Management Plan, and to seek stable funding. | Click to View Resources | |
| Clallam County Enhanced PIC Phase 2 | Clallam County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $322,815 | 2020 | 2018-0153 - This project will decrease bacteria entering marine waters from upland sources. Seeks to improve water quality to increase commercial and recreational shellfish harvest opportunities. | Click to View Resources | |
| SCC Puget Sound Livestock Stewardship for Shellfish | Conservation Commission | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $270,385 | 2020 | 2018-0158 - This project will work with partners to focus efforts in identified high priority shellfish growing area watersheds through education, technical assistance, and incentives to livestock owners to address and prevent fecal coliform pollution. | Click to View Resources | |
| North Sound Riparian Modeling and Monitoring | Skagit Coop | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $185,000 | 2020 | 2018-0167 - This project is expected to result in a temperature model to guide habitat restoration and protection in the Skagit River, and a stream shading model to help inform effective site specific buffer widths. The focus area will be on the Skagit watershed, with applicability Sound-wide. This project runs from January 2021 to December 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Whatcom Co Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC) Program | Whatcom County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $1,623,932 | 2018, 2019, 2020 | 2018-0171 - This project was selected for funding in 2018, 2019, and 2020. This project advances pollution identification and correction programs in Whatcom County to work towards upgrading Portage Bay and Chuckanut Bay in addition to focusing work to reverse declining water quality trends in Lummi Bay. | Click to View Resources | |
| Expand South Sound Shore Friendly Programs | Pierce Conservation District | Habitat Strategic Initiative | Alliance for a Healthy South Sound | $200,000 | 2019 | 2018-0172 - Selected for direct award funding by the Alliance for a Healthy South Sound in 2019 and again in 2019, this project expands the Shore Friendly South Sound Program. This project links shoreline homeowners to science-based, non-regulatory, professional technical assistance for land stewardship. It provides site-specific guidance to reduce shoreline armor and develops restoration projects to benefit salmon recovery and nearshore health. This project runs from June 2018-March 2021. | Click to View Resources |
| Chimacum Creek Restoration and Protection Project: Phase 2 | North Olympic Salmon Coalition | Habitat Strategic Initiative | Hood Canal Coordinating Council | $100,000 | 2020 | 2018-0179 - Selected for direct award funding by the Hood Canal Coordinating Council, this project will move towards implementing the activities outlined in the Chimacum Creek Protection and Restoration Plan (2018). This includes actions to protect and restore high priority parcels, manage beaver activity within riparian areas to protect viable farmland, complete landowner outreach in the Chimacum Watershed, and promote healthy and functional riparian habitat. This project runs from October 2020 - December 2022. | Click to View Resources |
| WSDA Assessing and improving nutrient management in North Puget Sound Counties | Department of Agriculture | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $775,000 | 2018, 2019, 2020 | 2018-0181 - This project was selected for funding in 2018, 2019, and 2020. This project will reduce and prevent fecal coliform bacteria and nutrient pollution using source ID sampling, technical assistance, compliance and online data access to improve dairy nutrient management in North Sound. | Click to View Resources | |
| Mud Bay Habitat Protection | Capitol Land Trust | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $100,000 | 2020 | 2018-0189 - This project will support protection and restoration for Mud Bay in Lower Eld Inlet, Washington. It will support partners in the acquisition of 55 acres and complete stewardship plan activities including removal of derelict infrastructure and invasive vegetation. This project runs from October 2020 - December 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Puyallup Watershed Ecosystem Recovery Plan - Phases II and III | Puyallup River Watershed Council | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $103,500 | 2020 | 2018-0192 - This project will coordinate and lead a watershed scale approach to ecosystem recovery through the development and implementation of a Puyallup-White River Watershed (WRIA 10) Ecosystem Recovery Plan (ERP). Phase II and III of the ERP will be to conduct a GIS mapping prioritization, and from that, build a web-based project planning/prioritization tool and interactive website to make the plan publicly accessible. | Click to View Resources | |
| Impact of forest condition on macroinvertebrate communities and biotic integrity | King County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $97,920 | 2020 | 2018-0204 - This study will use spatial data to assess how forest conditions in the Puget Sound region may impact stream macroinvertebrate communities and benthic index of biotic integrity (B-IBI) scores. Understanding how forest condition and the effects of past forest management activities affect the B-IBI indicator is critical to the development and implementation of protection plans. Results of the analysis will guide development of the B-IBI implementation strategy for working lands. | Click to View Resources | |
| Stillaguamish Floodplain Acquisitions and Restoration | Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians | Habitat Strategic Initiative | Snohomish-Stillaguamish LIO | $100,000 | 2018 | 2018-0218 - Selected for direct award funding by the Snohomish-Stillaguamish LIO, this project aims to protect and restore a corridor of floodplain land along the major Chinook salmon bearing waters of the Stillaguamish. This project will add to the restoration of approximately 1,000 acres of the Stillaguamish floodplain over a long-term effort by partners. | Click to View Resources |
| Shoreline Restoration Effectiveness Monitoring | Northwest Straits Foundation | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $465,410 | 2018, 2019 | 2018-0219 - Partially funded in 2018 and fund remainder in 2020, this project seeks to conduct monitoring activities for three years at 25 to 30 sites to contribute to a robust database of information that will demonstrate the ecological benefits of shoreline armor removal. Additional tasks were added to this project to train and recruit citizen scientists and upload data to public platforms. This project runs from May 2019- December 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Clallam County Stormwater Management Plan, Regulations, and Outreach | Clallam County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network | $100,000 | 2018 | 2018-0221 - The project was selected for direct award funding by the Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network. The objective for Clallam County is to have a workable, comprehensive, updated Stormwater Management Plan and fiscally and politically sustainable program that includes a stormwater strategy, regulations, staff and engineer training, and citizen outreach. This agreement starts 5/1/2019 and ends 6/1/2019. | Click to View Resources |
| LID for Stormwater Discharge in Clallam County – Phase I | Clallam County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $88,000 | 2019 | 2018-0222 - This project will identify and assesses stormwater infrastructure that discharges to the Strait of Juan de Fuca along Clallam County coast in western Washington. The Clallam county, with an engineering firm’s assistance, will prioritize discharge sites. The consulting firm, for a subset of sites, will develop conceptual designs and costs for using Low Impact Development BMPs to reduce contaminants and slow stormwater to remediate infrastructure causing erosion and impact to salmon habitat and shellfish growing areas. | Click to View Resources | |
| Skagit County Compliance Assurance Program | Skagit County Public Works | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $536,159 | 2018, 2019 | 2018-0236 - This project was selected for funding in 2018 and 2020. This project expands the pollution identification and correction program to enhance work in the Samish and Padilla areas, including added source ID investigation, accelerated property assessments, and identification of septic system failures. | Click to View Resources | |
| Puget Sound Sand Lance Habitat Characterization and Mapping | Department of Fish and Wildlife | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $60,000 | 2018 | 2018-0242 - This project seeks to document and characterize the physical attributes, distribution, and temporal use of 1) sand lance spawning habitat and 2) nearshore sand lance burrowing habitat, and 3) collect much needed biological data from sand lance in Puget Sound. This project runs from May 2019- December 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Development of Chemical Indicators to Detect, Track and Assess Pollutants | University of Washington Tacoma | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $264,196 | 2018 | 2018-0243 - This project will detect and quantify a suite of chemical indicators that represent novel and emerging toxicants important to salmon in stormwater. We will also survey the chemicals occurrence in watersheds and evaluate treatment systems for their removal performance. This project starts 6/1/2019 and ends 6/1/2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Jefferson County OSS Repair/Abatement Program | Jefferson County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $314,800 | 2018, 2020 | 2018-0245 - This project was selected for funding in 2018 and 2020. This project implements a cost share program that assists low income residents with repairs/replacements, decommission/abatement of failing onsite sewage systems. | Click to View Resources | |
| North Fork Stillaguamish Integrated Floodplain Management | Snohomish County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $100,000 | 2018 | 2018-0249 - This project seeks identify opportunities in the North Fork of the Stillaguamish to advance salmon and ecosystem recovery priorities that can accommodate multiple land uses (agriculture, flood storage). This will complete integrated floodplain management in the county. This project runs from May 2019- December 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Implement incentives to encourage soft-shore protection techniques vs. hard armoring by improving permitting processes for appropriate marine soft-shore projects. | Department of Fish and Wildlife | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $378,000 | 2018 | 2018-0265 - This project will help bring together agency staff to develop incentives for marine shoreline protection and restoration and encourage the use of soft shore protections over hard armoring. The project will try to improve the permitting process for appropriate soft shore projects . This project runs from May 2019- December 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Development of a residential shoreline loan program | University of Washington | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $140,130 | 2018 | 2018-0266 - This project will assist to inform the development of a self-sustaining Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) program to provide homeowners with low-interest loans for shoreline management projects. Eligible actions may include armor removal, soft-shore stabilization, and/or sea level rise risk reduction. This project runs from May 2019- December 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Increase Approved Shellfish Acreage Through Expanded On-site Sewage (OSS) System Management in King County Required by RCW 70.118A | King County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $830,000 | 2019, 2020 | 2018-0267 - This project was selected for funding in 2019 and 2020. This project will expand on-site sewage system (OSS) management in King County. It will work to effectively manage, identify, and eliminate OSS pollution. It will update database with OSS design features, location, and inspection status in sensitive areas that have impacted water quality. | Click to View Resources | |
| O&M inspection assistance for low-income residents of Skagit County. | Skagit County PH | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $92,000 | 2018 | 2018-0270 - This project assures that all OSS are inspected at a frequency required by WAC 246-272A by helping address one of the barriers to meeting this requirement by assisting with the cost of O&M inspections to residents with limited income. | Click to View Resources | |
| Skagit Co Expansion of target areas for O&M compliance implementation. | Skagit County PH | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $192,000 | 2019, 2020 | 2018-0274 - This project was selected for funding in 2019 and 2020. This project will expand O&M inspection to Skagit County shellfish protection district. Currently the O&M inspection compliance program focuses on the Marine Recovery Areas (MRAs). | Click to View Resources | |
| Coordinate with Skagit County Public Works' Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC) program. | Skagit County Public Health | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $60,000 | 2019 | 2018-0277 - This project will continue the work with PIC program coordinator identifying and assuring correction of failing septic systems. | Click to View Resources | |
| Investigation of nutrients, phytoplankton and food web interactions in the Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca and Admiralty Inlet | Jamestown Tribe | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $80,000 | 2019 | 2018-0295 - The ultimate goal of adding nutrient and phytoplankton data to the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project is to better understand how the prevalence of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and phytoplankton at the base of the food web impact salmon survival. This project will pilot expanding the Zooplankton Monitoring Program to include nutrients and phytoplankton at two sites –North Hood Canal and Admiralty Inlet. This project runs from May 2020 - March 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Green Stormwater Infrastructure Incentive Program for Unincorporated Areas | Snohomish Conservation District | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $250,000 | 2020 | 2018-0311 - This project will assist in developing a Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) Incentive Program for property owners in unincorporated King and Snohomish Counties to install GSI on private property. The program will incorporate audience research and lessons learned from other programs to eliminate barriers to program participation. This project will install GSI in targeted areas of King and Snohomish Counties, inform best approaches for engagement, and develop green job opportunities. | Click to View Resources | |
| Chemicals of Emerging Concern (CECs) in Salmon Spawning and Rearing Habitat | King County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $453,000 | 2019 | 2018-0316 - This project will provide a better understanding of the presence and magnitude of chemicals of emerging concern (CECs) in freshwater salmon spawning and rearing habitat. CECs are rarely monitored in the aquatic environment and results of this project will help fill this data gap. Results of this study will also help inform the potential impacts of exposure to these chemicals on salmon, including Chinook and Coho. | Click to View Resources | |
| Developing a Natural Resources Asset Management Program | Kitsap County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $570,920 | 2018, 2019 | 2018-0321, 2018-0713 - This project will develop a Natural Resources Asset Management system to assist local governments with fiscal, permitting, and management decisions related to natural resources and to improve citizen awareness of ecosystem services. This project will also develop a Natural Resources Governance Assessment framework to analyze existing governance framework and provide recommendations for improvement. | Click to View Resources | |
| Stream Landowner Education and Assistance Program | Snohomish County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $171,000 | 2020 | 2018-0810 - The Snohomish County Streamside Landowner Program targets urban, suburban, and rural properties with education and outreach on ways to be good long-term stewards of streamside properties. This will be accomplished through development of outreach materials, workshops, and in-person site visits. This project runs from February 2021 - December 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Shore Friendly Kitsap - Reduction in Marine Shoreline Armoring | Kitsap County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | West Central LIO | $30,000 | 2019 | 2018-0322 - Selected for direct award funding by West Central LIO, this project will support the work of the Kitsap Shore Friendly program, and will focus on supporting the social marketing and education/outreach efforts. These are critical to the success of Shore Friendly as it is the avenue to communicate and engage with the marine shoreline landowners. This project runs from April 2020- March 2022. | Click to View Resources |
| Coupeville outfall study | Town of Coupeville | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | Island LIO | $49,000 | 2018 | 2018-0324 - Selected for direct award funding by the Island LIO, this project studies the feasibility of adding stormwater treatment facilities at one or more of the eight stormwater outfalls within the town limits of Coupeville. | Click to View Resources |
| Puget Sound Critical Areas Monitoring/Adaptive Management Program | Washington Department of Commerce | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $195,000 | 2018 | 2018-0327 - This project will support state agencies to provide technical support to local governments with monitoring the effectiveness of their critical areas regulations and adaptively managing their permitting programs under the Growth Management Act (GMA) and Shoreline Management Act (SMA). The project runs from May 2019 - June 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Critical Areas Handbook Update and Next Steps Coordination | Washington Department of Commerce | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $192,550 | 2018 | 2018-0327 - This is Phase 2 of the project "Puget Sound Critical Areas Monitoring/Adaptive Management Program." The goal of Phase 2 of this project is to update the Critical Areas Handbook for local planners based on new information and lessons learned from Phase 1. The project also will include coordinating with partner agencies and local governments to plan the next steps for guidance, resources, and technical assistance for monitoring and adaptive management to planners. This project will run from July 2021 to December 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Tower Road Stormwater BMP Retrofits | San Juan County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $80,600 | 2019 | 2018-0328 - The goal of this project is to de-pave parking stalls and retrofit them into green spaces and build an adjacent bioswale, planted with native trees and vegetation, to manage conveyance, increase stormwater infiltration, and treatment from parking lot runoff. San Juan County Public Works has identified the largest parking area (within Lopez Village UGA) in need of retrofitting. This parking area is located along Tower Rd. This impervious parking area sheet flows stormwater runoff into existing drainage infrastructure that discharges into Weeks Wetland and Fisherman Bay. | Click to View Resources | |
| Effect of a neonicotinoid mixture on the aquatic invertebrate community | WSU Extension | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $274,970 | 2019 | 2018-0354 - Neonicotinoid insecticides are the most commonly used insecticides in the world today. These insecticides are routinely found in Washington State surface waters, often as mixtures and at low concentrations. In this study, we propose to determine the potential effects of the three most commonly detected neonicotinoids in our surface water, imidacloprid, thiamethoxam and clothianidin, on aquatic invertebrate communities. | Click to View Resources | |
| Thurston Shellfish Growing Areas OSS Pollution Prevention | Thurston County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $525,000 | 2018, 2020 | 2018-0360 - This project was selected for funding in 2018 and 2020. This project will prevent fecal coliform contamination of important shellfish growing areas by ensuring that all onsite sewage systems are functioning properly. It will protect growing areas in Eld and Totten Inlets which have threatened or concerned stations & open areas in Budd. | Click to View Resources | |
| Hood Canal and Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca Summer Chum Salmon Recovery Status of Threats | HCCC | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $150,000 | 2019 | 2018-0382 - This project will develop a comprehensive threats assessment, including land use and development issues, to identify and prioritize actions necessary for Hood Canal and Eastern Strait of Juan de Fuca summer chum salmon recovery, provide focused guidance for recovery partners, and articulate a clear path to recovery/de-listing. The project runs from May 2020 - March 2022 . | Click to View Resources | |
| Hood Canal Shellfish Initiative | Hood Canal Coordinating Council | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | Hood Canal Coordinating Council | $100,000 | 2018 | 2018-0386 - Selected for direct award funding by the Hood Canal Coordinating Council, this project will develop and implement an actionable work plan for HCCC and its partners to collaboratively support Hood Canal shellfish resources, including sustainable production, recreational and subsistence harvest, native species, and the local shellfish community. | Click to View Resources |
| Hood Canal Landscape Assessment & Prioritization Tool - Phase 2 | Hood Canal Coordinating Council | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $200,000 | 2020 | 2018-0388 - Building off of previous work (NTA 2016-0397), this project will refine and further develop the LAP Tool. The information will empower HCCC and its partners with multi-dimensional information to identify highest priority ecological functions and areas, articulate desired social and ecological outcomes in those areas, and evaluate comprehensive solutions to achieve those outcomes. This project will run from January 2021 to December 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Regional (WRIA 1-Wide) Water Supply and Management Plan | Public Utilities District #1 of Whatcom County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | Whatcom LIO | $100,000 | 2019 | 2018-0401 - Selected for direct award funding by the Whatcom LIO in 2018 and 2019, this project prepares a water supply plan to provide accurate and reliable quantification of current and future out-of-stream water. It also identifies a range of management solutions that address both instream and out-of-stream water needs. This project runs from September 2019 to March 2022. | Click to View Resources |
| Shelton Green Stormwater Infrastructure Program Development - Phase 1 | Mason Conservation District | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $317,000 | 2018 | 2018-0402 - This the first phase of a two-phase effort to support the City of Shelton's stormwater program as a new NPDES permittee. Mason Conservation District is working with the City to integrate a Green Stormwater Infrastructure framework into future planning, project development, and public engagement. | Click to View Resources | |
| West Sound Eelgrass Monitoring Program | Suquamish Tribe | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $84,400 | 2018 | 2018-0409 - This project seeks to document current eelgrass trends by estimating changes in aerial and depth distribution in the West Sound area. This work will add and maintain accurate mapping of a nearshore habitats which are critical to Puget Sound Chinook salmon recovery. This project runs from May 2019- December 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Marine Shoreline Technical Assistance | King County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | South Central Action Area Caucus Group | $300,000 | 2020 | 2018-0432 - Selected for direct award funding by the South Central Action Area Cacus Group in 2019 and 2020, this project was also supported by additional funds through the Habitat shared investment pilot. This project will support the coordinated approach among the partners of Shore Friendly King County. This project links shoreline homeowners to science-based, non-regulatory, professional technical assistance for land stewardship. It provides site-specific guidance to reduce shoreline armor and develops restoration projects to benefit salmon recovery and nearshore health. This project runs from April 2020- March 2022. | Click to View Resources |
| National Hydrography Dataset Update | WDFW | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $350,000 | 2019 | 2018-0436 - This project will improve the accuracy of the NHD, Washington State’s surface water mapping, for the Puget Sound using field verified stream surveys. The corrected NHD will be used to develop a prioritization tool that compliments WDFW’s fish passage barrier database to help facilitate salmon habitat restoration. This project runs from March 2020 - March 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| East Kitsap Forage Fish Monitoring | Suquamish | Habitat Strategic Initiative | West Central LIO | $200,000 | 2020 | 2018-0437 - Selected for direct award funding by the West Central LIO and supported with additional funds through the Habitat Shared Investment Pilot, this project will add to our understanding of the geographical distribution and timing of spawning events for surf smelt and sand lance along East Kitsap shorelines. This project is also partially funded through the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Tribal Implementation Lead. This project will run from January 2021 to December 2022. | Click to View Resources |
| PIC - Thurston County | Thurston County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $575,000 | 2018, 2020 | 2018-0458 - This project was selected for funding in 2018 and 2020. This project expands a pollution identification and correction program from Henderson Shellfish Protection District to all shellfish growing areas in Thurston County to protect and reopen shellfish beds. | Click to View Resources | |
| Effects based Characterization of Chemicals in Puget Sound Biota | UW Tacoma | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $241,937 | 2019 | 2018-0460 - The project will investigate the occurrence and impacts of trace organic contaminants on aquatic biota through three approaches: 1) optimize methods for chemical recovery and identification utilizing mass spectrometry approaches, 2) identify source-specific chemical tracers in water and tissues for source apportionment and exposure characterization, and 3) measure and evaluate the relations between chemical uptake and metabolic responses of organisms in controlled and field exposure scenarios. | Click to View Resources | |
| Phthalate Chemical of Concern Action Plan | Department of Ecology | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $410,000 | 2020 | 2018-0465 - This project will review sources, uses, human and environmental exposures to phthalates, and releases to various environmental media. Actions to reduce, phase-out or promote safer alternatives to phthalates will be recommended. The project will be conducted with feedback from stakeholders representing industry, government, nongovernmental organizations, tribes and communities. Findings will be documented in a Chemical of Concern Action Plan (CoCAP). | Click to View Resources | |
| Fireproof Killer Whales: Reducing Flame Retardant Contaminants to Puget Sound | Department of Ecology | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $76,000 | 2019 | 2018-0470 - This project will develop materials on the concerns of a number of flame retardants, the actions one can take to decrease exposure in the household, and the actions and related resources one can take to remove some of the sources of these flame retardants in the home. To reach the diverse populations in Washington, and inform those potentially most exposed to flame retardants, this project will translate information into five additional languages- Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Korean, and Russian. This project will also work with local government and community partners to reach a wide audience and perform a pilot to decrease exposure in households. | Click to View Resources | |
| Clean Cars Alternatives Assessments | Department of Ecology | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $390,000 | 2020 | 2018-0472 - This project leverages the research findings from the Puget Sound Clean Cars Stormwater Partnership (NTA 2016-0284). Addressing more priority chemicals and having dedicated funding to implement recommendations will give manufacturers and consumers an incentive to switch to safer chemical alternatives, and is a critical line of defense in protecting human health and the environment, and avoiding future cleanup or stormwater management costs. | Click to View Resources | |
| PCBs in Building Products | Department of Ecology | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $373,000 | 2020 | 2018-0473 - The results include conducting research that could lead to alternatives assessments of high priority chemicals of concern to Puget Sound. The output includes chemical hazard profiles that can be used by manufacturers to reformulate safer products, as well as research reports on chemicals associated with automobiles and their impacts. Research conducted will highlight the potential harm that automobiles are causing to aquatic life in the sound, including southern resident killer whales, salmon, and other forage fish. | Click to View Resources | |
| Skagit County Pasture Management Outreach & Technical Assistance Program | WSU Extension | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $750,000 | 2018, 2020 | 2018-0479 - This project was selected for funding in 2018 and 2020. This project implements an intensive pasture management outreach outreach program to give landlords the knowledge and resources to improve pasture management and reduce pollution risk. | Click to View Resources | |
| Increasing Regulatory Effectiveness by Closing Loopholes in Regulations | Skagit Coop | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $28,078 | 2019 | 2018-0491 - Exemptions for various activities from environmental regulations leads to further habitat loss and continued stress on salmon and steelhead populations. This project will examine 10-20 case studies within the Skagit Basin where exemptions lead to habitat loss. If possible the amount of habitat loss from each of these case studies will be quantified. If that is not possible a framework for quantifying habitat loss from these projects will be developed. | Click to View Resources | |
| Strategic West Central Water Type and eDNA Assessment | Wild Fish Conservancy | Habitat Strategic Initiative | West Central LIO | $550,000 | 2018, 2019 | 2018-0505 - This project was selected by the Habitat SIAT for funding in 2018 and chosen for direct award funding by the West Central LIO in 2019. The project expands water type and eDNA assessments in prioritized West Central watersheds under substantial conversion pressure. This helps to address data gaps crucial to effective habitat protection, restoration, and planning for the recovery of species covered under the Endangered Species Act. This project runs from May 2019- December 2021. | Click to View Resources |
| Measurement of Pharmaceuticals, Personal Care Products, and Perfluoroalkyl Substances in Budd Inlet and Port Gardner Bay sediments | Department of Ecology | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $104,018 | 2018 | 2018-0509 - This project will measure concentrations of personal care products and pharmaceuticals (PPCPs) and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs), contaminants of emerging concern in sediments from Budd Inlet and Port Gardner Bay, establishing baseline information for these bays. This project starts 4/1/2019 and ends 4/1/2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Chemicals of Emerging Concern in Marine and Freshwater Fish in King County | King County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $115,000 | 2019 | 2018-0518 - This project will provide data to fulfill a knowledge gap on the concentrations of chemicals of emerging concern (CECs) in fish tissue. CEC analytical data will be provided for freshwater fish from Lake Union and marine fish from the King County waters of Puget | Click to View Resources | |
| Nature's Value in the Salish Sea | Earth Economics | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $75,000 | 2019 | 2018-0521 - The Salish Sea basin provides critical ecosystem goods and services, yet these are threatened by pollution, development, and unsustainable land management. Earth Economics will conduct anaquatic and landcover-based,nonmarket ecosystem services valuation of Salish Sea ecosystems throughout the basin. These baselines will be used to assess the effect of landcover changes and zoning between 1992 and 2016 within WRIA6 (Island County), its surrounding water bodies, and their contributing drainages in adjacent WRIAs | Click to View Resources | |
| Shoreline Monitoring Toolbox: Data Analysis and Interpretation | Washington Sea Grant | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $760,260 | 2018, 2020 | 2018-0525 - Selected for partial funding in 2018, and for additional funding in 2002, this project will analyze and interpret data that have been collected using protocols in the Shoreline Monitoring Toolbox and uploaded to the database. These data will be used to assess restoration effectiveness and status and trends in Puget Sound. New tasks were added to this project for Phase 2 & 3 and will complete new monitoring sites and extended data analyses that are integrated into data visualizations and sharing of information. This project runs from May 2019- December 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Making Space For Water | Snohomish Conservation District | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $200,000 | 2020 | 2018-0535 - This project will work with local partners in the Stillaguamish and Snohomish watersheds to create a prioritized list of projects to implement in strategic locations to improve the water holding capacity of the Stillaguamish and Snohomish watersheds. This work will leverage ongoing similar work underway by Tulalip Tribes, Snohomish County Public Works, and the WRIA 7 Watershed Restoration and Enhancement Committee. | Click to View Resources | |
| Puget Sound Starts Here - A Regional awareness and behavior change campaign | King County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $300,000 | 2019 | 2018-0540 - This project will identify a new Best Management Practice that addresses identified toxic pollutant(s) whose source is common to how we live and work. The RECIPIENT, working with the STORM network of Phase I and II stormwater managerswill use a social marketing framework to begin designing and implementing the new campaign, in order to motivate residents in thePuget Sound region to adopt behaviors that prevent toxic chemicals, such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), pesticides and others from entering the stormwater pathway. The RECIPIENT will also engage residents in actions that reduce toxic pollution loading in the Puget Sound. | Click to View Resources | |
| Assessing Pacific Sand Lance Subtitle Habitats and Biomass in Regards to Salmon Foraging in the San Juan Archipelago | Moss Landing Marine Labs | Habitat Strategic Initiative | San Juan LIO | $100,000 | 2019 | 2018-0556 - Selected for direct award funding by the San Juan LIO, the goal of this project is to address the knowledge gap of the predator-prey relationship between adult salmon and forage fish, specifically deep-water populations of Pacific sand lance in San Juan County. This includes expanding our knowledge of burial preferences, model distribution/abundance patterns, and estimated regional biomass to promote habitat protection. This project runs from April 2020- March 2022. | Click to View Resources |
| Drainage-Based Management Planning | Whatcom County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | Whatcom LIO | $100,000 | 2020 | 2018-0564 - Selected for direct award funding by the Whatcom LIO, this project incorporates results from previous investment from the Whatcom LIO (2018-0401) to implement drainage based management planning in pilot draininages that integrate water supply needs for instream uses and water supply needs for out-of-stream uses. This project runs from December 2020 to December 2022. | Click to View Resources |
| Puget Sound-Wide Zooplankton Monitoring Program | WDFW | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $553,000 | 2020 | 2018-0575 - This project will inform regional ecological conditions and provide context for management and effectiveness assessment and monitoring. Previous funding established the zooplankton monitoring program. Continued monitoring is necessary to understand the differences between sub-basins for issues like salmon survival and forage fish abundance. This project runs from December 2020 - December 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Developing Strategies and Accompanying Web Tool for Science-Based Beach Restoration and Protection | WDFW | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $129,630 | 2019 | 2018-0582 - This project seeks to build upon existing strategies for beach restoration by using new geospatial information and soliciting input from shoreline planners and restoration practitioners to create a web-based data tool. This project runs from May 2020 - March 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Skagit HDM Priority Projects | Department of Fish and Wildlife | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $45,000 | 2018 | 2018-0587 - This project will continue to build the relationships formed during the Skagit HDM project and advance priority projects on state owned land. This project will focus on collaborating with key stakeholders through the Farm, Fish, and Flood Initiative (3FI) and building momentum towards larger potential opportunities. This project runs from May 2019- December 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Incorporation of Salish Sea Marine Survival Project findings and recommendations into local Recovery Plans | Long Live the Kings | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $60,000 | 2019 | 2018-0600 - LLTK will support lead entities (and other relevant parties) with incorporation of Salish Sea Marine Survival Project results into their local Salmon Recovery Plans. Integrating the new science and recommendations from the marine survival project will bring in new strategies and actions to expedite recovery. The project runs from April 2020 - December 2021 . | Click to View Resources | |
| Local Coordination to Advance PSNERP-identified projects: Livingston Bay Restoration Feasibility Study | Whidbey Camano Land Trust | Habitat Strategic Initiative | Island LIO | $200,000 | 2020 | 2018-0603 - Selected for direct award funding by the Island LIO as part of the Habitat SI Shared Investment Pilot, this project supports the Livingston Bay nearshore restoration site project to determine the feasibility of the full PSNERP conceptual plan for the 300+ acre estuary restoration, and other scenarios based on current land and expected future acquisition opportunities. The results of the feasibility study will enable decisions on which lands, if any, to acquire. This project runs from December 2020 - December 2022. | Click to View Resources |
| Developing tools for multi-benefit project selection and sequencing in the Snohomish River Basin | Tulalip Tribes | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $250,000 | 2018 | 2018-0613 - This project will prioritize and sequence habitat restoration actions in the Snohomish Basin and describe projects that maximize salmon benefits while minimizing agricultural impacts while working within the fish, flood, farm communities. This project is connected to 2018-0964. This project runs from May 2020- March 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Finding and Fixing Stormwater Impacts to Coho in the Snohomish Basin | King County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $164,500 | 2020 | 2018-0618 - This project will determine stormwater impacts on coho salmon by conducting spawner surveys in coho spawning streams near areas with roads across the Snohomish River basin. Where coho urban runoff syndrome is found, outreach will be conducted to area jurisdictions and buisnesses to provide technical assistance and help secure funding for green stormwater infrastructure installation. | Click to View Resources | |
| WRIA 1 Integrated Program Outreach and Engagement | Whatcom PUD | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $200,000 | 2020 | 2018-0620 - This project will develop and implement a coordinated and integrated outreach and communication strategy that addresses Whatcom ecosystem recovery plan elements including water supply, water quality, floodplains, Chinook, and streamflow. This includes organizing training events, a speaker series, establishing a small grants program, and conduct community outreach. This project runs from December 2020 - December 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Geomorphic Flood Hazard Risk on the Lower Skykomish River | Snohomish County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $200,000 | 2018 | 2018-0623 - This project will perform an assessment of geomorphic flood hazard risk in Snohomish County in conjunction with geomorphology and infrastructure on Lower Skykomish River mile 0 to 13.5. The geomorphic flood hazards include lateral channel migration, erosion and avulsion. This project runs from May 2019- December 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Utilizing passive integrated transponder (PIT) technology to assess juvenile Chinook use of and survival within habitat improvement project. | WRIA 9 Lead Entity | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $300,000 | 2019 | 2018-0624 - This project would utilize cutting edge PIT tag technology to examine habitat use, residence time, and migration patterns within habitat restoration projects, flood risk reduction projects, and other habitats throughout the lower Green River. This project runs from April 2020 - March 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Riparian/Land Cover Change Analysis and Decision Support System | Pierce County Lead Entity | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $195,000 | 2018 | 2018-0636 - This project will develop a riparian and land cover change analysis and decision support system for WRIA 10 Puyallup Watershed. The project runs from May 2019 - March 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Island County Stormwater Technical Assistance and Outreach Network | Whidbey Island CD | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $100,000 | 2019 | 2018-0637 - The intent of this project is to create and coordinate a network of local organizations and volunteers focused on increasing community awareness and engagement to implement and evaluate the effectiveness of stormwater best management practices (BMPs) across Island County. Project elements include staff, volunteer and contractor training, public outreach & education, and technical assistance including BMP design and implementation assistance. | Click to View Resources | |
| Hood Canal Regional Pollution Identification & Correction Program- Phase 4 | Hood Canal Coordinating Council | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | Hood Canal Coordinating Council | $300,000 | 2018, 2019 | 2018-0639 - Selected for direct award by the Hood Canal Coordinating Council in 2019, this project was also supported by the Shellfish SIAT in 2018. This project continues a pollution identification and correction program to collaborate across jurisdictions to prevent bacterial pollution flowing into surface waters. | Click to View Resources |
| Improved Landowner Development Decisions to Protect Critical Areas and Manage Stormwater | Kitsap County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $278,000 | 2018 | 2018-0641 - This project will use a social marketing approach to proactively improve landowner decisions affecting land cover, stormwater, and critical areas. By educating permit applicants before they apply for a permit, the project proponents will be able to improve site design and reduce resource impacts. The project runs from May 2019 - December 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Ecological Integrity Assessments as an approach to prioritize protection and restoration actions and monitor progress in the Puget Sound Re. | WA DNR | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $86,834 | 2019 | 2018-0652 - This project aims to improve the knowledge of the locations of ecologically important lands, develop a systematic approach to identify and prioritize areas for restoration and protection, and assist land managers in being able to assess current ecological conditions and monitor restoration progress. New tasks will include adding online data visualization tools to this work. The project runs from May 2020 - June 2022 . | Click to View Resources | |
| Strengthening STORM for Improved Local Capacity to Manage Stormwater Programs | King County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $222,000 | 2018 | 2018-0658 - The project will build capacity of NPDES Permittees in promoting stormwater protective behaviors through stronger regional coordination in order to increase effectiveness of messaging to promote support for stormwater actions by residents and decision makers. This project starts 4/1/2019 and ends 6/30/2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Puget Sound Watershed Characterization mid-scale modeling Phase II | Department of Ecology | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $478,968 | 2019 | 2018-0660 - This project will further advance the development of a Hydrologic Condition Index to be applied across the Puget Sound basin. The index is intended to be used as a way to rapidly assess the hydrologic condition of a watershed and likelihood of experiencing “flashy” stream flow whichflow, which impact stream biota and health. Tools will be created to enable “alternative futures” scenario development whereby users, such as local and county governments, can evaluate long-range land use plans and predict resultant hydrologic condition. | Click to View Resources | |
| A Salmon Life Cycle Model to Support Multi-Benefit Actions and Adaptive Planning in the Stillaguamish Watershed | Snohomish County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $205,000 | 2019 | 2018-0667 - This project will use the most up-to-date information to conduct a habitat change analysis and salmon life cycle model in the Stillaguamish Basin. This effort will build upon existing methods for life cycle modeling already completed for the Chehalis watershed, and will be coordinated with a separate life cycle model project for the Snohomish Basin (NTA 2018-0613). This project runs from July 2020 to March 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Watershed Characterization Technical Assistance Team | Department of Ecology | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $120,000 | 2020 | 2018-0669 - This project will continue on the work of the Puget Sound Watershed Characterization from NTA 2018-0660 and NTA 2016-0399. The funds for this project will be used to provide technical assistance for local governments working with the Watershed Characterization broad- and mid-scale indices in actual applications of land use and stormwater planning. | Click to View Resources | |
| Prioritizing Sea Level Rise Exposure and Habitat Sensitivity Across Puget Sound | Washington Sea Grant | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $200,000 | 2019 | 2018-0685 - This project will use sea level rise (SLR) projections and land elevation data to assess SLR exposure for Puget Sound shores. By coupling this analysis with mapping habitat characteristics and infrastructure at appropriate management scales, the project will assess and rank vulnerabilities related to SLR, and SLR-related hazards (erosion and coastal flooding), in Puget Sound. This project runs from May 2020 - March 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Blackjack Creek Rain Garden & LID Project | Kitsap Conservation District | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $100,000 | 2020 | 2018-0691 - This project will support the Kitsap Conservation District's LID/Rain Garden program by providing outreach & technical assistance to homeowners in Blackjack Creek residential neighborhoods. LIDs will be installed/retrofitted to increase stormwater infiltration and reduce runoff thereby reducing contaminants into the creek. | Click to View Resources | |
| Map Viewer of ecologically important areas in the Puget Sound basin | WA DNR | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $40,000 | 2020 | 2018-0692 - This project adds online data visualization tools to the Ecological Integrity Assessments project (based on NTA 2018-0652) funded in 2019. The project runs from May 2020 - June 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Status and trends of Skagit Chinook salmon abundance, life history diversity, and productivity in response to recovery plan actions and environmental variability | Skagit River System Cooperative | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $183,000 | 2018 | 2018-0697 - This project compiles existing life stage specific Skagit Chinook data with habitat status and trends data and develops an analytical framework to isolate the effects of human actions and environmental variability on the status of Skagit Chinook. This project runs from October 2019- December 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Forest Health Management for Reduced Stormwater Runoff and Land Conversion | Puget Sound CD | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $595,000 | 2019 | 2018-0701 - This is a pilot project that was strategically developed by the Puget Sound Conservation Districts Caucus to engage with non-industrial private forest landowners to deliver forest stewardship planning services. The goals of this project is to reduce forest land conversion, improve fish and wildlife habitat, and protect water quality. The project runs from May 2020 - March 2022 . | Click to View Resources | |
| Optimizing Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) Placement in South Puget Sound | Washington State University | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $176,012 | 2020 | 2018-0704 - This project aims to (i) attain a better understanding of portion of the public’s attitudes towards Green Stormwater Infrastructure (GSI) and stormwater management, (ii) develop a scalable, portable landscape-level method for locating and selecting GSI based on hydrological, societal, and economic controls, and (iii) distribute project results and findings through innovative and effective education and outreach activities. | Click to View Resources | |
| Performance Evaluation of Engineered Hyporheic Zones in Urban Creeks | University of Washington Tacoma | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $243,387 | 2018 | 2018-0708 - This project will evaluate the capability of an innovative in-stream treatment and watershed restoration approach to improve water quality by installing engineered hyporheic zones that push streamflow into subsurface pathways of urbanized creeks. This project starts 6/1/2019 and ends 6/1/2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Effectiveness Monitoring of regulations regarding shoreline, critical areas, and stormwater requirements: Measure, report, and validate the levels of impact to ecologically sensitive lands that result from permitted and unpermitted development. | Kitsap County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $461,600 | 2018, 2020 | 2018-0713 - Partially funded in 2018 and fund remainder in 2020, this project will develop methodologies and implement a monitoring program that includes determining the effectiveness of land use regulations in maintaining no-net-loss and achieving net-gains of ecologically sensitive areas and their condition. The project runs from May 2019 - December 2021 . | Click to View Resources | |
| Integrating climate resilience into farm-fish-flood project packages in the Snohomish and Stillaguamish River floodplains | Snohomish Conservation District | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $250,000 | 2018 | 2018-0715 - This project will work in conjunction with the Sustainable Lands Strategy to integrate detailed climate modeling information into development and design of climate resilient fish, farm, and flood benefit projects in the Stillaguamish and Snohomish River floodplains. This project runs from May 2019- December 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Integrated Mapping and Decision Tools for Land Use Planning in Puget Sound | Department of Commerce | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $100,000 | 2018 | 2018-0735 - This project created a conceptaul design for an integrated, web-based spatial decision support tool for crticial areas and land use planning. Future phases of this work to develop this tool would help with planning for growth and development while protecting critical areas. | Click to View Resources | |
| Stormwater Park Retrofits for Water Quality and Human Health | PSRC | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $198,965 | 2019 | 2018-0736 - Stormwater parks are stormwater retrofits that provide recreational opportunities for the surrounding community. For example, Manchester Stormwater Park in Kitsap County doubles as a regional stormwater treatment facility and a public park. The Stormwater Parks project willimprove water quality, support compact development, and bolsterhuman health through learning lessons from already-built stormwater parks, identifying opportunities for stormwater parkretrofitsregion wide, and catalyzing the planning and development of new stormwater parks | Click to View Resources | |
| Clean Water for Salmon | Salmon-Safe | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $328,000 | 2019 | 2018-0739 - Clean Water for Salmon will help shift Puget Sound development practices to “beyond code” stormwater management, habitat conservation, and water quality protection practices through an outreach campaign including transitioning 25 new and retrofit Seattle-area development sites to Salmon-Safe standards while further scaling up impact regionally by engaging local governments in promoting salmon-friendly development policies. | Click to View Resources | |
| Integrating Climate Change in Multi-Objective Floodplain Management | UW | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $200,000 | 2020 | 2018-0741 - This project will increase the capacity for climate-resilient floodplain management by working directly with integrated management groups to raise awareness about climate change, identify key impacts, synthesize the relevant science, and coordinate priorities for new science. The work will be focused on the WRIA 1 (Whatcom) and Snohomish/Stillaguamish Local Integrating Organizations, and will build off previous work accomplished in Pierce County. This project runs from December 2020 - December 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Assessment of Stormwater Action Effectiveness on B-IBI & Freshwater Quality | King County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $120,000 | 2020 | 2018-0742 - This project will assess how past stormwater management may have affected freshwater quality and benthic index of biotic integrity (B-IBI) scores in King County streams. Using existing data, the study will assess if variation in trends and current B-IBI scores can be explained in part by the extent of stormwater management implemented throughout the basins. | Click to View Resources | |
| Phthalates Research for Source Control (Phase II) | Zero Waste Washington | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $152,700 | 2019 | 2018-0752 - This project will provide analysis and education about phthalates in external use products and alternatives in order to improve soucre control in the stormwater pathway that may recontaminate Commencement Bay and Duwamish Superfund sediment cleaup sites in Puget Sound. This work is building off of the results of Phase 1 (NTA 2016-0255) | Click to View Resources | |
| Commercial Property Engagement in Bear/Little Bear Watersheds | Snohomish CD | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | Snohomish-Stillaguamish LIO | $100,000 | 2018 | 2018-0769 - Selected for direct award funding by the Snohomish-Stillaguamish LIO, this project identifies the motivations and barriers of commercial property owners; providing stewardship opportunities to businesses, demonstrating types of parking lot retrofits, and reducing 1 million gallons of runoff per year. | Click to View Resources |
| Upper Puyallup River Watershed Assessment: Protection and Resiliency Planning | South Puget Sound Salmon Enhancement Group | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $142,000 | 2020 | 2018-0787 - This project will develop a preliminary design for one high priority, reach scale floodplain restoration project identified during related watershed assessment and planning efforts. Additional secured funding will be used to complete the watershed assessment of the Upper Puyallup basin to evaluate watershed processes, habitat form and function, bottlenecks to salmon productivity and survival, and effects of climate change. | Click to View Resources | |
| Growth and life history strategies of Salish Sea Chinook salmon as it relates to marine survival, habitat condition, and population recovery | WDFW | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $233,610 | 2019 | 2018-0809 - Using otolith microchemistry, this project will result in the evaluation of the contribution of fry, parr, and yearling life histories to adult Chinook returns while enumerating the success of these strategies in relationship to habitat availability/condition and early marine survival. This project runs from April 2020 - March 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| ECY Nonpoint Water Quality Specialists to Protect, Re-open, and Upgrade Shellfish Growing Areas | Department of Ecology | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $1,101,909 | 2019, 2020 | 2018-0812 - This project was selected for funding in 2019 and 2020. This project will expand and enhance of an existing nonpoint program to achieve greater recovery outcomes, and a continuation of an existing ongoing program that currently lacks secure ongoing funding to maintain baseline operations. | Click to View Resources | |
| WA Department of Natural Resources (DNR) citizen science and K-12 education program to monitor local aquatic habitat effects from climate c. | WA DNR | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $141,550 | 2019 | 2018-0822 - The goal of this project is to develop and implement primary and secondary school science curriculum to engage youth and educational organizations in local field activities using data from and locating projects at ANeMoNe sites. This project runs from April 2020 - March 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Manzanita Watershed Planning | City of Bainbridge Island | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $200,000 | 2020 | 2018-0825 - This project will design and implement stormwater improvements with Manzanita watershed on Bainbridge Island. Stormwater improvement projects will be chosen based on landowner willingness, cost effectiveness, and greatest ecological lift. This project will also assess how an 'out of basin mitigation' program could fund retrofit projects within the watershed. | Click to View Resources | |
| Flexible Infiltration Test Methods for Evaluating Infiltration Feasibility | City of Tacoma | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $280,000 | 2020 | 2018-0827 - This project will provide an expanded toolbox for evaluating subsurface conditions, determining stormwater infiltration feasibility, and estimating infiltration capacity. The expanded toolbox will address shortcomings with existing test methods, provide methods that are less expensive and easier to conduct, and address important factors such as perching on impervious layers and groundwater mounding. The end result is better and more cost-effective infiltration design recommendations. | Click to View Resources | |
| San Juan County Shoreline Armor Change Analysis 2009 to 2019 | Friends of the San Juans | Habitat Strategic Initiative | San Juan LIO | $150,000 | 2018 | 2018-0828 - Selected for direct award funding by the San Juan LIO in 2019, this project was supported for an additional $100,000 in 2019 by the Habitat SIAT. This project documents changes in the location, size, material, and condition of shoreline armoring using boat based methods applied in 2009 to inform restoration and protection actions, highlight planning, policy, and enforcement improvements. This project runs from April, 2019 - December 2021. | Click to View Resources |
| Sound Horsekeeping - controlling mud and manure on horse properties in the Snohomish and Stillaguamish River watersheds and Camano Island | Snohomish Conservation District | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | Island LIO | $150,000 | 2018, 2019 | 2018-0843 - Selected for direct award funding by the Island LIO in 2018, this project was supported for additional funding by the Shellfish SIAT in 2019. This project provides horse owners with the equipment, technical assistance and funding needed to remove barriers to implementation of BMPs that improve water quality. | Click to View Resources |
| Snohomish CD Advanced distillation treatment - optimizing a new approach to dairy manure processing for clean water and nutrient management | Snohomish CD/ Stillaguamish Tribe | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | Snohomish-Stillaguamish LIO | $388,000 | 2018, 2020 | 2018-0848 - Selected for direct award funding by the Snohomish-Stillaguamish LIO in 2020, and supported by the Shellfish SIAT in 2018, this project assists with installing a pilot project for a new advanced distillation system for dairy manure processing that supports economic viability of dairies and reduces the potential impact of nutrient and manure contaminants to surface waters. | Click to View Resources |
| Vessel Traffic Oil Spill Risk Consequences - Expanded Assessment | San Juan County | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $100,000 | 2020 | 2018-0863 - Building upon a spill consequences study (NTA 2016-0149), this project was selected for direct funding by San Juan LIO. The project outcomes include a Vessel Drift and Response Analysis of the inland waters around the San Juan Islands, including Boundary Pass, Haro Strait, the southern Strait of Georgia, and the Strait of Juan de Fuca. The analysis will improve our undertanding of the potential for an emergency response towing vessel to prevent a disabled vessel in these waters from grounding. This project runs from September 2020 to September 2021. | Click to View Resources | |
| Monitoring effectiveness of multi-benefit floodplain project implementation in Snohomish and Stillaguamish Rivers | Snohomish CD | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $300,000 | 2020 | 2018-0873 - This project will develop an Index of Floodplain Health in pursuit of the Sustainable Lands Strategy to identify and prioritize multi-benefit recovery projects. The projects will be rated according to the ability to recover floodplain functions and improve salmon habitat, reduce flood damages and protect floodplain community health and safety, and support sustainable and vibrant farming. This project runs from November 2020 - December 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Targeted stormwater retrofits to improve water quality and flow in WRIA 8 and 9 salmon habitat | Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $362,000 | 2020 | 2018-0877 - This project will install green infrastructure stormwater retrofits on private property to reduce stormwater input of toxics, improve water quality, and improve stream flow in priority salmon habitat areas in WRIA 8 and 9. | Click to View Resources | |
| Lummi Sea Pond European Green Crab Removal Trapping | Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $197,850 | 2020 | 2018-0884 WDFW - In support of the broader NTA to monitor for and control invasive European green crab (EGC) in the Salish Sea (NTA 2018-0884), this project will address a critical need by supporting the Lummi Nation to establish and regularly check a semi-permanent array of traps within the Lummi sea pond. Supporting the Lummi Nation’s efforts to control EGC at this location is one of the highest priorities for addressing EGC risks to Salish Sea habitats, ecology and cultural and economic interests and is critical to ensuring other efforts in early detection and response can continue to be successful in the Salish Sea. | Click to View Resources | |
| Washington Sea Grant Crab Team | Washington Sea Grant | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $360,000 | 2020 | 2018-0884 WSG - This project will support core Crab Team monitoring (monthly from April –September) for at least 50 pocket estuaries, lagoons, and tide flats to complete 8 years of monitoring. It will also support continued scientific advising and support to stakeholders, agencies, and partners and continued Crab Team outreach and communications. This project runs from November 2020 - December 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Marine Shoreline Design Guidelines: Engineering Technical Assistance, Training & Outreach 2020-22 | WDFW | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $200,000 | 2020 | 2018-0886 - Building off of previous work (NTA 2016-0380), this project will increase technical capacity for step-by-step application of the Marine Shoreline Design Guideline principles by continuing to develop and deliver a series of collaborative workshops, training sessions, and technical assistnace for both design and non-design professionals and the restoration community. Complementary materials (worksheets, case studies), including online resources, will be developed to improve usability. This project runs from April 2021 to December 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Forage Fish Habitat Tidal Range | WDFW | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $80,000 | 2019 | 2018-0893 - This project will enhance understanding of beach use by surf smelt for spawning by collecting and analyzing habitat attributes and forage fish spawning data to understand the relationship between habitat characteristics and spawn timing/distribution. This project runs from May 2020 - March 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Engaging the Community in Ecosystem Recovery Phase 2 | Jefferson County | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $100,000 | 2020 | 2018-0935 - This project will partner with WSU Extension (WSU) and the North Olympic Salmon Coalition (NOSC) to provide training and ongoing coordination to community volunteers and students who will help implement stormwater mitigation and riparian restoration related projects. The project will also seek to engage other schools and organizations in the region in Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network priority recovery and protection efforts. | Click to View Resources | |
| Rural Property Surface Water Management Tools and Training | Washington State University Extension | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $217,639 | 2020 | 2018-0949 - WSU Extension and the WA Stormwater Center will develop peer reviewed guidance tools and provide training to improve rural stormwater management. Guidance materials, including web-based fact sheets and short videos, will be developed as strategies to address a range of rural surface water management situations. Training will be provided to staff from Clallam, Kitsap, Jefferson, and Mason County; conservation districts; cities; area tribes; and landscape designers and contractors in the region. | Click to View Resources | |
| Phase 2 Municipal Level Climate Action Planning for the North Olympic Peninsula | North Olympic Peninsula Resource Conservation and Development Council | Habitat Strategic Initiative | Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network | $170,000 | 2020 | 2018-0952 - Selected for direct award funding by the Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network, this project builds off previous work (NTA 2016-0204) Climate Chagen Preparedness Plan for the North Olympic Peninsula. This work will build on the regional recommendations in this report by developing specific multi-benefit local climate action plans that integrate with the plan, local government comprehensive and shoreline mater plans, as well as relevant LIO recovery plans (Strait ERN LIO and HCCC LIO). This project runs from January 2021 to December 2022. | Click to View Resources |
| Lower Stillaguamish PIC Phase III | Snohomish County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $300,000 | 2019 | 2018-0958 - This project will restore the 1,800-acre Port Susan commercial shellfish growing area to Approved status and prevent the 2,200-acre South Skagit Bay shellfish area from being downgraded by proactively identifying and correcting sources of bacterial pollution. | Click to View Resources | |
| Revegetating the Elwha | Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe | Habitat Strategic Initiative | Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network | $100,000 | 2019 | 2018-0959 - Selected for direct award funding by the Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network, this project will promote healthy thriving habitat for fish and wildlife by continuing to enhance and protect restoration work that has already been done in the Elwha, prepare for new projects, and continue outreach with the surrounding community. This project runs from April 2020- March 2022. | Click to View Resources |
| EMDS Open Platform for Spatial Decision Support for Salmon Recovery | Tulalip Tribes | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $253,000 | 2019 | 2018-0964 - This project will use an open systems modeling platform (EMDS) to simulate actions and quantify changes in indicators to project policy successes and failures. This will be accomplished by using EMDS decision support tool in conjunction with existing data and live models, such as the NOAA simplified salmon life cycle model developed under the 2018-0613 NTA. The project runs from April 2020 - March 2022 . | Click to View Resources | |
| Phase 2: Implementation of Recommendations from the Coastal Streams and Embayments Prioritization Along Puget Sound Shores with a Railroad | Tulalip Tribes | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $275,000 | 2020 | 2018-0965 - This project builds upon a previous project (NTA 2016-0198) in which all coastal stream and embayments with a railroad track crossing at the marine shoreline of Puget Sound were systematically identified and rated. The overall goal of Phase 2 is to advance opportunities for restoration along marine shorelines in Puget Sound in a strategic and coordinated approach by facilitating continued partnerships and producing design evaluations for three sites. This project runs from October 2020 to December 2022. | Click to View Resources | |
| Urban Tree and Forest Canopy Cover Toolkit (Phase II) | King Conservation District | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $150,000 | 2020 | 2018-0967 - This project will develop a Toolkit for Puget Sound communities, providing gap-filling resources that support strategic enhancement of urban forests to address stormwater management, habitat restoration and DE&I priorities. The project will serve jurisdictions Puget Sound-wide and will expand on NTA 2016-0343 which elevated the role of urban forests on reducing stormwater runoff. The Toolkit will include new resources as well as resources previously developed by King CD, partner programs, and NTA 2016-0343. The Toolkit will be made available PS-wide through the PSCD Better Ground initiative and directly marketed to all PS jurisdictions | Click to View Resources | |
| Forest Management for Water and Climate Preparedness | Tulalip Tribes | Stormwater Strategic Initiative | $302,000 | 2019 | 2018-0970 - The project Forest Management for Water and Climate Preparedness will identify priority locations for water storage/recharge in the Snohomish Basin and assess different forest actions for their potential to improve basin hydrology for salmon and treaty resources under climate scenarios. | Click to View Resources | |
| Curley Creek Prioritized Restoration | Mid Sound Fisheries Enhancement Group | Habitat Strategic Initiative | West Central LIO | $70,000 | 2018 | 2019-0901 - Selected for direct award funding by the West Central LIO in 2018, this project aims to restore priority salmon habitat in Curley Creek- a stream in Kitsap County that drains into Puget Sound near Port Orchard. The creek is one of the three high priority streams for restoration efforts according to the Suquamish Tribe complete watershed assessment and protection and restoration plan. This project runs from September 2019 to March 2021. | Click to View Resources |
| OSS RFP | Mason County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $98,878 | 2016 | RFP - In 2016, the Shellfish SIL had funding to support three awards for Puget Sound local health jurisdictions to carry out on-site sewage system local management programs with clear, measurable outcomes for shellfish restoration and protection. Mason County received an award to protect public health by minimizing the impact of on-site septic systems on surface water and assure effective treatment and disposal of sewage on a long-term basis. | Click to View Resources | |
| OSS RFP | San Juan County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $39,130 | 2016 | RFP - In 2016, the Shellfish SIL had funding to support three awards for Puget Sound local health jurisdictions to carry out on-site sewage system local management programs with clear, measurable outcomes for shellfish restoration and protection. San Juan County received an award to ensure that on-site septic systems are operating optimally and being maintained and repaired when needed. | Click to View Resources | |
| OSS RFP | Thurston County | Shellfish Strategic Initiative | $104,500 | 2016 | RFP - In 2016, the Shellfish SIL had funding to support three awards for Puget Sound local health jurisdictions to carry out on-site sewage system local management programs with clear, measurable outcomes for shellfish restoration and protection. Thurston County received an award to implement a voluntary program of enhanced education and outreach in Eld watershed encouraging residents to inspect their septic system at least every three years. | Click to View Resources | |
| Shore Friendly programs with a 2018 NTA second year of funding | ESRP Shore Friendly Recipients 2019 | Habitat Strategic Initiative | $860,600 | 2018 | Shoreline Incentives - The Habitat SIAT selected to enhance the pool of funds available to support applicants through the Estuary and Salmon Restoration Program Shore Friendly Program. To be eligible for these funds, applicants needed to have an appropriate NTA with the 2018-2022 Action Agenda and be a recipient of the Shore Friendly program. Five NTAs were funded in this way (2018-0432, 2018-0322, 2018-0172, and 2018-0826). | Click to View Resources | |