PSAR - Climate commitment act

The Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration (PSAR) program is partially supported with funding from Washington’s Climate Commitment Act. The CCA supports Washington’s climate action efforts by putting cap-and-invest dollars to work reducing climate pollution, creating jobs, and improving public health and our environment.

In 2023, the first year in which CCA funds were available, PSAR received $10.1 million from the CCA out of the total Capital Budget appropriation of $59.2 million. This resulted in full funding of the PSAR program for the first time ever including eight large scale capital projects! For 2025, PSAR again received just over $10 million from the CCA ensuring a 200+ acre estuary can be restored.

The CCA, signed into law in 2021 by former Governor Inslee, created a program that requires the state’s largest polluters to reduce greenhouse gas pollution. Greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide and methane, trap the sun’s heat and are raising the temperature of the earth.

The CCA is the centerpiece of the state’s climate action efforts. Money from the program supports thousands of projects that reduce pollution and improve the environment. Some of that money is invested in projects to improve shorelines and waterways for salmon, which can help reduce impacts from climate change and also benefit humans.

Under the CCA, applicants for funding from programs like PSAR must share information about the proposed project with Tribal partners and offer to discuss the project. In addition, State Agencies that administer grant programs that could receive CCA funding must offer consultation to federally recognized Tribes.

For the 27-29 PSAR Large Capital Projects grant round, project lists will be posted here and shared with Tribes to support the CCA notice requirements. Included will be the initial project information from applicants in a list format, and a map of the projects that are moving forward in the grant round. The information will be updated after final applications are received after June 3, 2026. Projects may change from initial to final application.

2027-2029 Proposed Projects (Available after april 13, 2026)

• List of 2027 -2029 PSAR Large Capital Project applications submitted for first round review. Available after April 13, 2026
• List of 2027 -2029 PSAR Large Capital Project applications submitted for final round review. Available after June 3, 2026
• Map of 2027 -2029 PSAR Large Capital proposed projects invited to submit final applications. Available end of April, 2026

Map of 2027-2029 PSAR Large Capital proposed projects

Available after April 13, 2026.

2025-27 Projects