Guidelines for Story Contributions

The Shared Strategy for Puget Sound is seeking stories that show progress on the way to reaching our mutual goal of building a cost-effective salmon recovery plan endorsed by the people living and working in Puget Sound. We plan to publish select stories in local papers, industry journals or newsletters or in a book. Our hope and intent is to acknowledge and honor accomplishments of individuals, groups and communities whose creativity and hard work demonstrates what is possible. We also hope the stories will inspire others to persevere and pursue their dreams of businesses, programs and partnerships that improve the well-being of their communities as well as their watersheds to benefit both people and salmon.

Below are guidelines to help trigger ideas for the types of stories we would like to highlight.

• Effective partnerships and collaborations forging creative solutions—between agriculture & tribes, business & government, inter-agency, etc.
• Overcoming difficult technical or policy challenges or hurdles—showing we can do it.
  Significant protection or restoration examples that will have a big payoff for listed salmonid populations.
• Building support from important new stakeholders, landholders or community leaders, especially those who were skeptical or critical at first.
• Effective integration—between science and policy, 4 H’s, regulations and other processes or programs.
• Local leaders taking risks and making progress.
• Demonstrating economic benefits of good stewardship; showing how salmon and business needs can co-exist.
• Facilitating transfer of management, process, or technology innovations.