Puget Sound Innovation Stories

U

Programs

Landscape Conservation & Local Infrastructure

Landscape Conservation & Local Infrastructure

by | Apr 21, 2017 |

The Landscape Conservation and Local Infrastructure Program in Seattle has been a major success. This program gives cities a financial incentive to use transfer of development rights—a market-based growth management and conservation tool. Rural landowners...

Chambers Bay & San Juan Islands

Chambers Bay & San Juan Islands

by | Apr 21, 2017 | ,

Chambers Bay was the site of the 2015 United States Golf Association U.S. Open tournament. Hood Canal is home to the deepest part of Puget Sound. Both are beautiful places—but herring don't care about the scenery. They come to spawn. These sites, along with...

Cedar River Knotweed Removal

Cedar River Knotweed Removal

by | Apr 21, 2017 | ,

Stewardship in action: removing invasive knotweed one property at a time Invasive knotweed is an aggressive invader of riparian habitats throughout Western Washington. The plant displaces native vegetation and destabilizes riverbanks, disrupting natural habitat...

Veterans Conservation Corps

Veterans Conservation Corps

by | Apr 20, 2017 | ,

The Veterans Conservation Corps provides opportunities for recently returned veterans to transition from military to civilian work through AmeriCorps service. The Veterans Conservation Corps completes numerous restoration projects across Washington state every year....

Sustainable Lands Strategy

Sustainable Lands Strategy

by | Apr 20, 2017 |

The Sustainable Lands Strategy is a game-changing partnership in Snohomish County. Historically, estuary restoration projects have been implemented without a clear vision of how those projects fit into the broader landscape with farming and flood control....

Salish Sea Stewards

Salish Sea Stewards

by | Apr 20, 2017 |

Skagit County Marine Resources Committee (MRC) established the Salish Sea Stewards program to engage residents in marine monitoring, restoration, and outreach projects. Volunteers receive professional training by local experts in nearshore ecology and a variety of...

Kingston Recycled Water

Kingston Recycled Water

by | Apr 20, 2017 |

Kingston's recycled water project involves upgrading the Kingston Treatment Plant from secondary to tertiary treatment and providing the resulting recycled water to irrigate the White Horse Golf Club. The water will also be used to enhance stream flow and improve the...

Floodplains By Design

Floodplains By Design

by | Apr 20, 2017 |

Floodplains by Design began with $500,000 in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency funding in 2012, and since then Floodplains by Design has invested more than $80 million in Puget Sound floodplain projects. This collaborative effort has brought local and tribal...

Duwamish River Community Health

Duwamish River Community Health

by | Apr 19, 2017 |

The Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition Technical Advisory Group launched the Healthy Rivers/Healthy Communities project in 2014 to address community and environmental health priorities in the Duwamish Valley neighborhoods of South Park and Georgetown, two neighborhoods...