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Puget Sound

  • Geographic Funding at Work on Puget Sound Recovery

    Read our overview of EPA’s work to protect and restore water quality and ecological integrity in Puget Sound.

  • A Roadmap to Health

    EPA helps fund the Puget Sound Partnership's Action Agenda for protecting and restoring Puget Sound. Read the Partnership's Action Agenda

  • How Healthy is the Salish Sea?

    EPA and Environment and Climate Change Canada are studying the health of our shared ecosystem. Find out what we're learning in the Health of the Salish Sea Ecosystem Report.

Puget Sound in northwest Washington is the second largest estuary in the U.S. Learn more about what EPA and our partners are doing to protect it.

Funding

EPA receives money from Congress to help protect and restore Puget Sound.

  • Funding and Grants for Puget Sound
  • EPA Geographic Funding at Work on Puget Sound Recovery

National Estuary Program

Puget Sound is designated as one of 28 estuaries of national significance.

To learn more about projects supported by EPA's National Estuary Program, explore the Puget Sound Partnership's NEP Atlas.

Salish Sea

Puget Sound is part of a larger marine ecosystem known as the Salish Sea.

  • Health of the Salish Sea Ecosystem Report
  • U.S.-Canada Cooperation in the Salish Sea
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Last updated on June 22, 2022
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