2026-2030 Action Agenda for Puget Sound
Agency
Puget Sound Partnership
Title of action
2026-2030 Action Agenda for Puget Sound
Date significant agency action was initiated
Monday, January 1, 2024
Category
Other
Brief description of significant agency actions for which the agency is initiating an environmental justice assessment.
The Puget Sound Partnership is required to regularly develop and update an Action Agenda for Puget Sound. The Action Agenda outlines our region’s collective vision for a healthy and resilient Puget Sound and describes what we must achieve, how we will achieve it, and how we will hold ourselves accountable to ensure we make progress. The Action Agenda fulfills the Partnership's statutory mandate and purpose of the Clean Water Act's National Estuary Program (NEP), which guides millions of dollars of federal funding to the most beneficial projects and programs.
The Action Agenda outlines strategies and actions that describe the work we must do to make progress toward our desired outcomes for Puget Sound recovery: Protect and restore habitat and habitat-forming processes; Protect and improve water quality; Protect the food web and imperiled species; Prevent the worst effects of climate change; and ensure human wellbeing.
The Action Agenda provides opportunities for federal, tribal, state, local, and private partners to better invest resources and coordinate action.
Methods for providing public comment for agency consideration as part of the environmental justice assessment.
In 2024, Partnership staff interviewed leaders of community-based organizations in the Puget Sound region that represented and/or served overburdened communities and vulnerable population about Puget Sound recovery and restoration. Feedback from these interviews were summarized, reviewed, and considered by the Partnership and other state agencies as the 2026-2030 Action Agenda was drafted. A summary of this initial feedback is documented in our Phase 1 report.
Once a draft of the Action Agenda is prepared, the Partnership will co-host community-based workshops with the organizations we interviewed in 2024. At these workshops, Partnership staff will provide an overview of the Partnership and Action Agenda, outline clear expectations of how feedback will be used, and report on how the initial feedback we received was (or was not) incorporated into the draft of the Action Agenda. Participants will be invited to provide any additional feedback for how the Action Agenda can better address their concerns and priorities. The Partnership will assess language, cultural, and accessibility needs when engaging with community members.
Link to agency webpage where the action is posted.
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