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Lake Sammamish Subarea
Lake Washington/Cedar/Sammamish Watershed
Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 8

Why is this Subarea Important to Salmon?

Lake Sammamish serves as a migration route for juvenile salmon traveling to the ocean and adult salmon returning to their spawning grounds. Chinook, sockeye, coho and kokanee salmon use Lake Sammamish. Predation, degradation of shoreline habitat and poor water quality are a number of the factors that are contributing to salmon habitat decline in the subarea and its tributaries.

The Lake Sammamish Subarea includes these local jurisdictions:

Follow the external links to learn what each jurisdiction is doing to improve habitat for salmon.
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Related organizations in the Lake Sammamish Subarea:


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Updated: May 7, 2003

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