The Shared Strategy’s News Room is an online resource for journalists and interested citizen’s to learn about Shared Strategy’s work to protect and recover salmon runs across Puget Sound. Since May, 2002 Shared Strategy has been working with federal, Tribal, state and local governments, business and conservation groups to help create a future for both people and salmon.

In the News

January 2007 — Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Plan Adoption

• 1/25 — Puget Sound Chinook Recovery Plan Approved. Developed by Local Stakeholders, Salmon Plan is the Nation's Biggest. NOAA Top Story.
• 1/25 — Feds Approve Puget Sound Recovery Plan, But Much Uncertainty Remains. NWFishletter
• 1/22 — Feds OK recovery plan for Puget Sound chinook salmon. Associated Press.
• 1/20 — Salmon rescue plan takes giant step forward. Lisa Stiffler. Seattle Post-Intellegencer
• 1/20 — Salmon recovery plan approved. John Dodge. The Olympian
• 1/20 — The recovery effort is designed to bring Puget Sound chinook back to healthy levels. Christopher Dunagan. Kitsap Sun
• 1/19 — Feds adopt Puget Sound salmon recovery plan. Cookson Beecher. Capital Press
• 1/18 — Plan devised to aid Chinook. Katie N. Johannes. Bellingham Herald.

April 2006

• Ocean salmon recovery is all about habitat, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (op-ed)
• Punishing fisherman ignores the Big H: Habitat, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission News Release (op-ed)

March 2006

• Wisely investing in stocks of Pacific Northwest salmon, Seattle Times (Guest Editorial)

February 2006

• Landmark salmon plan a work in progress, Tacoma News Tribune
• Scientists criticize salmon plan, Tacoma News Tribune
• Is Chinook recovery plan up to the task, Kitsap Sun
• Summit draws farmers intent on protecting ag, fish, Capital Press
• Salmon solution: $1 billion plan, Seattle Post-Intelligencer

January 2006

• A shared strategy for endangered salmon, Tacoma News Tribune
• Feds back plan to save Sound’s salmon, Tacoma News Tribune

November 2005

• Salmon recovery relies on Sound health, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (op-ed)

July 2005

• Love of 'Magic Skagit' beats out animosity, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Region takes the reins of salmon recovery, Tacoma News Tribune
• Puget Sound Salmon: Swimming upstream, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (editorial)
• Gregoire pushes Puget Sound plan, The Olympian
• Sacrifices needed for salmon runs, The Olympian (op-ed)
• Area's salmon strategy wins praise, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Creative plan aims to save chinook salmon, Seattle Times

February 2005

• Salmon plan set to go to the feds, Skagit Herald

January 2005

• Effort to aid salmon taking shape, Seattle Times
• Summit wraps up vast plan to restore salmon, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
• Coalition backs salmon plan, The Olympian
• The trek for salmon, Seattle Times (editorial)
• Salmon recovery effort a model of cooperation, Everett Herald
• Summit to plan future of fish revival, Tacoma News Tribune

December 2004

• Allowing people and fish to flourish, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (op-ed)

November 2004

• Four farms earn fish-friendly label, Daily Journal of Commerce

September 2004

• King County expected to preserve 90,000 acres of forest, Seattle Times
• Salmon help drive CAO debate, Master Builder

August 2004

• Talks between farmers, tribe show promise, Skagit Herald (op-ed)

July 2004

• Planting the seeds of cooperation, Skagit Valley Herald

May 2004

• Helping salmon recover, one habitat at a time, Seattle Times
• Governor praises Dungeness valley restoration efforts, The Sequim Gazette

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