Puget Sound Partnership - Current Law

RCW 90.71

The Puget Sound Partnership (Partnership) leads a collaborative effort to protect and recover Puget Sound by developing and guiding implementation of the Puget Sound Action Agenda. The Partnership is mandated to: (1) set science-based priorities for restoring and protecting Puget Sound; (2) support partners to implement priority actions; and (3) ensure accountability for results through shared measures and effectiveness monitoring. The Partnership works closely with hundreds of partners involved in the work, including statutory boards, state and federal agencies, tribes, local governments, citizen groups, businesses and non-governmental organizations The Partnership provides support to advance Action Agenda implementation and assist partners in fulfilling their obligations. Activities include: strategic leadership and coordination, Puget Sound salmon recovery, science, funding strategies, policy and legislation, monitoring and performance management.

Agency Mission

Accelerate and advance the collective efforts to recover Puget Sound.
Request 51,645,000
Net change from current biennium (1,758,000) Decrease
Percent change from current biennium (3.3%) Decrease

Operating Budget: Summary

Appropriated Funds

2023-25 Appropriations Appropriated Funds Expenditures
Amount Estimated Balance   2021-23 Actual 2023-25 Estimated 2025-27 Proposed
32,043,000 General Fund - Federal 13,030,341 32,043,000 32,239,000
Industrial Insurance Premium Refund - Nonappropriated 4,639
Info Tech Invest Rev Acct - Nonappropriated
18,505,000 General Fund - State 13,828,776 18,505,000 16,529,000
1,504,000 Aquatic Lands Enhancement Account - State 1,448,000 1,504,000 1,512,000
1,351,000 Model Toxics Control Operating Acct - State 1,304,000 1,351,000 1,365,000
Pension Funding Stabilization Acct - State
53,403,000 Total Appropriated Funds 29,615,756 53,403,000 51,645,000

Non-Appropriated Funds

Operating Budget: Program Summary

Program Title Actual Estimated Proposed
Actual Estimated Estimated Proposed Proposed
Annual Total 16,526,628 16,587,401 5,693,192 27,238,000 24,407,000

Operating Budget: Change from Preceding Biennium

Actual Estimated Proposed
Amount Percent Amount Percent Amount Percent
8,118,458 37.8% (7,335,163) (24.8%) 29,364,408 131.8%

Employment Summary

  Actual Estimated Proposed
  2022-23 Actual 2023-24 Estimated 2024-25 Estimated 2025-26 Proposed 2026-27 Proposed
FTE Staff Years 53.6 58.7 63.6 57.7 56.2