Category: People For Puget Sound

Commercial and Recreational Boaters Asked To “Take The Pledge” to Protect Pregnant Orcas

The Trans Mountain Pipeline Expansion Project is part of a structurally violent system with a history of violations against Indigenous Rights

Support grassroots organizations led by communities of color

Two of four Environmental Priorities passed this session, but major climate action stalled again in the Senate.

The Suquamish Tribe, Puget Soundkeeper, Washington Environmental Council, and the State of Washington announced a settlement with the U.S. Navy

After passing years of backlogged environmental bills in 2019 , room opens to address long standing environmental issues like urgent climate action, orca and salmon recovery, and a growing crisis from plastic pollution

Keeping ship and boat sewage out of Sound, key solution to restoring one of the nation’s largest inland waterbodies

Join us in deciding the future of Puget Sound and the Salish Sea.

Join Rein out on the water with the Whale Museum’s Soundwatch Boater Education Program

Your local government should be protecting you from stormwater pollution and flooding – but are they?

Governor Inslee signed ESSB 5993 to reform the financial structure of the Model Toxics Control Act, the state’s toxic site clean-up program.

From clean energy to orca protection state marks more progress than any time in the last decade

Salmon habitat recovery, oil spill prevention, vessel noise and disturbance, reducing toxic pollution are all now expected to reach Governor Inslee’s desk

Increased traffic, new types of oil, and less safe ships put local fishing economy, environment, and tribal cultural and treaty rights at risk

House passes bills on vessel noise and disturbance, salmon habitat recovery, and preventing oil spills Senate advances toxic pollution prevention  as well as vessel noise and disturbance March 7th (Olympia, WA) – In sweeping votes from both houses, the Washington State Legislature took major steps to address the emergency facing southern resident orcas and the … Continued

Seattle Aquarium ∙ Washington Environmental Council ∙ The Whale Museum ∙ Citizens for a Healthy Bay ∙ Friends of the San Juans ∙ Washington Conservation Voters ∙ RE Sources for Sustainable Communities ∙ The Humane Society of the United States ∙ NRDC ∙ Defenders of Wildlife ∙ League of Women Voters of Washington ∙ Futurewise … Continued

For over a week, a young orca mother’s unprecedented grief has reminded all of us about what southern resident orcas face.

Broad coalition to advance policies for clean energy, orca recovery, oil spill prevention, and plastic pollution

Look back on the Commissioner’s first 18 months in office to reflect on where progress has been made, where work still needs to be done, and where things need improvement.

Four local swimmers are heading to Dover, England this July to swim the grueling 23 miles to France. The swim is both a personal challenge and a way to raise awareness of challenges facing the waters of the Puget Sound region where they train every week.