Steering Committee for Salmon Habitat Recovery Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 9

Purpose

The goal of the Steering Committee is to help meet the recovery goals of the Endangered Species Act for threatened Chinook salmon and to create a healthier watershed for fish and people.

Process

The Steering Committee developed and is overseeing implementation of the 2005 watershed Salmon Habitat Plan.

Accomplishments

In 2001 and early 2002, the Steering Committee developed a Near-Term Action Agenda for salmon habitat. This Action Agenda helped local governments and other partners in making decisions about salmon habitat protection and restoration between 2002 and 2005. The Steering Committee selected actions that it was confident would help threatened Chinook salmon and that were doable -- politically, socially, economically.

In 2004 and 2005, the Steering Committee worked on the long-term Salmon Habitat Plan, which was completed in August 2005. This Plan was the result of study of how the watershed works for salmon and cooperative efforts to come up with doable solutions. With its ratification by watershed jurisdictions in December 2005, the Salmon Habitat Plan became the guidance document for watershed salmon habitat recovery. It also became a chapter in the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Plan.

Since the completion of the Salmon Habitat Plan, the Steering Committee has been overseeing its implementation, with a focus on finding funding to implement habitat restoration projects.

Membership

The membership of the Steering Committee includes a broad spectrum of representatives from local governments, business, environmental interests, and federal and state agencies.

Meetings

Meetings of the Steering Committee are open to the public and the public is encouraged to attend. Each meeting includes a public comment period at the beginning and end. View the meeting schedule.

Meeting Packets

Current and archived meeting packets are available by clicking here. Available are agendas, summaries, and discussion materials for each meeting.

Subcommittees

The Steering Committee currently is supported by the Implementation Technical Committee.

The Steering Committee also works closely with the WRIA 9 Forum, which includes 15 watershed cities, King County, and the City of Tacoma.