Puget Sound Partnership

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Action Agenda Legislative Goals

On April 10, 2007 the Washington State Legislature passed Engrossed Substitute Senate Bill 5372 creating the Puget Sound Partnership. Included in the legislation were the following six goals:

  • A healthy human population supported by a healthy Puget Sound that is not threatened by changes in the ecosystem
  • A quality of human life that is sustained by a functioning Puget Sound ecosystem
  • Healthy and sustaining populations of native species in Puget Sound, including a robust food web
  • A healthy Puget Sound where freshwater, estuary, near shore, marine and upland habitats are protected, restored and sustained
  • An ecosystem that is supported by ground water levels as well as river and stream flow levels sufficient to sustain people, fish and wildlife, and the natural functions of the environment
  • Fresh and marine waters and sediments of a sufficient quality so that the waters in the region are safe for drinking, swimming, shellfish harvest and consumption, and other human uses and enjoyment, and are not harmful to the native marine mammals, fish, birds and shellfish of the region