March 9, 2026

In January, staff from EPA’s Puget Sound Regional Office joined the Stormwater Strategic Initiative (SWSIL) and the City of Olympia for a tour of Olympia’s waterfront, where a SWSIL-funded project is helping the city prepare its stormwater infrastructure to handle future storms and reduce flooding.

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February 24, 2026

Do you imagine clear streams, open beaches, or healthy shellfish beds? Clean water fuels farms, recreation, fisheries, and the local tourism economy. In Puget Sound and the Salish Sea, our communities rely on these waters, and keeping water clean takes ongoing work. One proven approach to reducing fecal pollution is Pollution Identification and Correction (PIC)

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January 22, 2026

The Habitat Strategic Advisory Team (HSIAT) offers reflections and guiding principles to advance habitat protection and restoration under future SIL funding models in the HSIAT 2.0 Recommendations: Looking ahead in habitat recovery. 

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January 13, 2026

Registration is now open for the 4th Annual Habitat Strategic Initiative Lead (HSIL) Subrecipient Summit. The Summit is an annual event convened to highlight the innovative and collaborative work funded by HSIL through EPA Puget Sound Geographic Program funds.

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January 5, 2026

Your input is needed to help shape conservation and recovery strategies for Puget Sound marine vegetation! The Habitat Strategic Initiative Lead is excited to announce a public comment period for the Marine Vegetation Implementation Strategy (Implementation Strategy), a recovery plan to accelerate progress towards improving the health of Puget Sound marine vegetation habitats. 

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December 15, 2025

The Habitat Strategic Initiative Lead (HSIL) investments of over $9.4 million to increase capacity for habitat protection and restoration are already improving the relationships and the efficiency of restoration and protection activities. 

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