We are updating the Puget Sound Action Agenda

The Action Agenda is our community’s shared plan for advancing Puget Sound recovery. The 2026-30 Action Agenda update will advance progress towards recovery of the Puget Sound’s ecosystem and human wellbeing Vital Signs by building on the foundation of the2022-26 Action Agenda.

Our Vision for the 2026-30 Action Agenda

The Action Agenda should articulate what priority actions and policy changes need to occur over the next four years to accelerate Puget Sound recovery. The 2026-30 Action Agenda update will improve our ability to implement and monitor recovery efforts, and will elevate human wellbeing, climate change, and environmental justice. Updates to the Strategies and Actions will allow PSP, PSP’s Boards, and partners to identify commitments, investments, or geographically specific needs to drive implementation of recovery work. The updated plan will also have more indicators and targets to help us assess the effectiveness of our collective efforts and hold ourselves accountable to making meaningful progress.

What will this update achieve?

The Action Agenda update process follows an adaptive management approach, that will allow us to evaluate and learn what the recovery community did or did not achieve, so we can adjust the Action Agenda (our plan) to improve recovery efforts (do).

The simplified adaptive management cycle

The 2026-30 Action Agenda update will:

• Strengthen implementation, accountability, alignment and tracking of the Action Agenda.  
• Elevate and further human wellbeing, climate change, and environmental justice.
• Elevate and honor Tribal sovereignty and treaty rights.
• Promote meaningful engagement of diverse audiences, including vulnerable populations (VP) and overburdened communities (OBC).
• Update the online Action Agenda to improve accessibility and usability.

Approach and timeline

Over the course of 2025, the Partnership will work with recovery partners to evaluate and learn from successes and challenges to implementing the 2022-26 Action Agenda and revise the 2026-30 Action Agenda as needed. The 2026-30 Action Agenda is scheduled to be approved in summer 2026.

Timeline

Last updated: 01/27/25