Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Region
Species Listed
| Species | Listed As | Date Listed |
|---|---|---|
| Puget Sound Chinook | Threatened | March 24, 1999 |
| Bull Trout | Threatened | November 1, 1999 |
| Puget Sound Steelhead | Threatened | May 11, 2007 |
Area: The Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Region is the largest in the state and comprises all or part of 12 counties and all or parts of 19 Water Resource Inventory Areas (WRIAs). The size of the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Region is dictated by the Puget Sound Chinook Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU), identified by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
- Human Population: 4,093,500
- Counties: All or parts of Whatcom, Skagit, Island, San Juan, Snohomish, King, Pierce, Thurston, Mason, Kitsap, Jefferson, and Clallam.
- Water Resource Inventory Areas (WRIAs): All or parts of Nooksack (1), San Juan (2), Lower Skagit (3), Upper Skagit (4), Stillaguamish (5), Island (6), Snohomish (7), Cedar/Sammish (8), Green/Duwamish (9), Puyallup/White (10), Nisqually (11), Chambers/Clover (12), Deschutes (13), Kennedy/Goldsborough (14), Kitsap (15), Skokomish/Dosewallips (16), Quilcene/Snow (17), Elwha/Dungeness (18), Lyre/Hoko (19)
- Federally Recognized Tribes: Lummi, Nooksack, Stillaguamish, Jamestown S'Klallam, Muckleshoot, Nisqually, Port Gamble S'Klallam, Lower Elwha S'Klallam, Puyallup, Samish, Sauk-Suiattle, Skokomish, Snoqualmie, Squaxin Island, Stillaquamish, Suquamish, Swinomish, Tulalip, Upper Skagit.
Salmon Recovery Efforts in the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Region: Watershed groups across the Sound drafted recovery plans for their areas. NOAA Fisheries Service worked with participants in the Shared Strategy for Puget Sound and the Puget Sound Technical Recovery Team to combine those plans into a single plan for the region. In June 2005, the Shared Strategy presented its regional plan for ESA-listed Puget Sound Chinook to NOAA. NOAA then prepared a supplement that clarified and expanded on ESA recovery requirements. Following public comment on the proposed plan, NOAA finalized these two documents on January 19, 2007. Regional efforts are now concentrated on developing financing plans and monitoring and adaptive management components for implementation. On January 1, 2008 the Puget Sound Partnership became the regional salmon recovery organization.
Puget Sound Chinook Recovery Plan
As of 1/07
| Regional organization: | Puget Sound Partnership |
| Plan timeframe: | 50 years |
| Estimated cost: | $1.42 billion for first 10 years |
| Actions identified to implement plan: | More than 1000 |
| Status | Adopted as federal recovery plan by NMFS 1/07 |