What’s Working, What’s Next for People and
Salmon in Puget Sound

February 5-6, 2003
Tacoma, Washington
 

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>  Remarks by Bill Ruckelshaus

>  Agenda

>  Breakout Session Summary

>  Breakout Session Presentations

 
Shared Strategy Conference in the News

The Olympian, February 6, 2003
"Hundreds Assemble for Sake of Salmon"

Bremerton Sun, February 7, 2003
"Locke vows to protect salmon from budget ax"

The Olympian, February 7, 2003
"Money stream for salmon aid slows"

Tacoma News Tribune, February 7, 2003
"Locke supports money for salmon, but less in hard times"

The Olympian, February 9, 2003
"Nisqually River Watershed Is Model of Cooperation, Action"

Background

The Shared Strategy for Puget Sound Conference is part of an effort to build a collaborative salmon recovery plan for Puget Sound with the commitment necessary to implement it at the private, local, state, tribal and federal levels.

Shared Strategy for Puget Sound has invited a broad cross section of leadership from across the region, including tribal leaders, business interests, government officials, nonprofit and advocacy organizations, scientists, farmers, landowners and others directly affected by salmon recovery actions. Over two days, we will bring together our collective experience to identify the elements essential to successful salmon recovery, strong economies and healthy communities.

State, tribal and federal governments have outlined the elements of a region-wide recovery plan and recommended specific recovery targets. The next step is to broadly engage people in all 15 watersheds and the marine waters of Puget Sound to establish mutual recovery objectives and to identify key actions to achieve them. By June 2004, Shared Strategy will combine all 15 watershed goals and implementation plans and determine whether together they add up to salmon recovery. Shared Strategy is on target to finalize a regional recovery plan by June 2005.