As a collaborative network, we work toward a healthy and resilient ecosystem that sustains all life and human wellbeing on the North Olympic Peninsula and along the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
OUR CURRENT WORK
These documents represent the current collective work of the Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network. Take a look, if you want to learn about our priorities and what actions we are taking.
January 2022 Action Agenda Comments and Feedback
Strait Climate Change Resiliency Technical Workshop Notes and Next Steps
Legislative Priorities and Example Actions for the 2022 Washington State Legislative Session
OUR STRATEGIES FOR ECOSYSTEM PROTECTION AND RECOVERY
The links below will take you to our Miradi results chains, which show our work in even greater detail.
OUR FUNDING
Puget Sound Partnership supports ten Local Integrating Organizations (LIO) through capacity funding, resources, and liaison support via Ecosystem Recovery Coordinators (Puget Sound Partnership staff). As one of the ten Local Integrating Organizations, the Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network is funded through a PSP capacity grant.
The grant enables a coordinator to convene Strait ERN committees to meet regularly, to lead committees through identifying the priority actions to enable ecosystem recovery and protection with the Strait ERN geography and contribute to the regional Action Agenda. It also provides the opportunity to participate in other regional, state, and international meetings, to pilot educational and outreach activities, as well as educate and inform elected officials and other decision makers and provide seed funding to ecosystem recovery and protection projects.
Puget Sound Action Agenda
The Action Agenda for Puget Sound charts the course to recovery of our nation's largest estuary–it complements and incorporates the work of many partners from around Puget Sound to describe regional strategies and specific actions needed to recover Puget Sound. These strategies and actions provide opportunities for federal, state, local, tribal, and private entities to better invest resources and coordinate actions.
Puget Sound Partnership Funding
The Puget Sound Partnership (state agency) operates with funds from both state and federal sources. These include the National Estuary Funds from the Environmental Protection Agency, NOAA Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF), and the Washington State General Fund, among other smaller state sources. For a breakdown of the agencies current funds and how they are appropriated, please see the current State of the Sound and supporting materials
The greater Puget Sound ecosystem recovery effort is funded in several ways, including local, state, tribal and federal government funding. Nonprofits, businesses, and foundations also make significant investments. For a full assessment of the state of Puget Sound and the funding attributed to it, check out the latest State of the Sound and supporting materials report, produced by Puget Sound Partnership every two years.
An updated cost of priority projects contributing to Puget Sound ecosystem restoration can be found on the Action Agenda Tracker Action website.
An updated estimated budget for all state agency ongoing programs in the Action Agenda, including federal and private/local funding that is appropriated to the programs through the state budget, including EPA Geographic Funds can be found here.
OUR STRUCTURE
Our organization was formed in early 2009 following adoption of the first Action Agenda by the Puget Sound Partnership’s Leadership Council.
The Leadership Council recognized the Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network as the Local Integrating Organization (LIO) for the Strait of Juan de Fuca Action Area on the North Olympic Peninsula.
Strait Ecosystem Recovery Network is fiscally supported by one of our member governments.
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Getting lost in our lingo? Here’s a glossary and a list of acronyms.