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A healthy Puget Sound is critical to wildlife, our economy, and our way of life. The Sound provides us with safe places to swim, boat and fish with our families, and provides critical habitat for wildlife, such as salmon and orca.
But Puget Sound can only be as healthy as the streams that feed it and the wetlands that keep it clean.
Over the last 10 years, Clean Water Act protections have been weakened, allowing polluters to dump without limit in the streams and wetlands that feed the Sound. Congress is considering a bill right now that will restore Clean Water Act protections to all of our waterways, ensuring the health of Puget Sound now and for generations to come.
Brief Summary
Seeing the orcas swimming off San Juan Island
... Watching a sunset in Elliot Bay ... Kayaking
in Bellingham Bay ... Puget Sound is truly one
of Washington’s treasures.
We want to ensure a healthy future for the
Sound, but wildlife populations such as orca,
salmon and sea birds are in serious decline.
Unless we take action to stop the biggest
threats to the Sound’s health—toxic dumping, pollution and development—we may be the generation
that sees the last orcas playing in the Sound.
We have our best chance right now to write
a new future for the Sound.
First, by passing the Clean Water Restoration Act, we can restore protections to all our waterways, including the streams that feed the Sound and the wetlands that keep it clean.
Second, we can pass the Puget Sound Recovery Act, which will provide assistance for programs and activities to protect the water quality of Puget Sound.
