Suquamish Tribe FY 2019 West Sound Salmon and Steelhead Recovery Planning and Coordination

This project continues the Suquamish Tribe’s focus on salmon and steelhead recovery planning, coordination, and project implementation within its Usual and Accustomed Fishing Area (U&A). Specifically, this project focuses on coordinating implementation of 1) Local chapter of the Puget Sound Chinook Salmon Recovery Plan and Puget Sound Steelhead Recovery Plan (scheduled to be completed in 2020) through participation in the West Sound Partners for Ecosystem Recovery (WSPER – the East Kitsap Lead Entity for Salmon Recovery) and the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Council; 2) Strategies and actions addressing factors affecting abundance, productivity, spatial structure, and diversity of salmon and steelhead populations important to the exercise of the Suquamish Tribe’s treaty rights.

The goal is to maintain the Tribe’s participation in salmon recovery planning and implementation. The project purpose is well coordinated salmon recovery efforts in East Kitsap. The expected benefit is more effective protection and restoration of freshwater, estuarine, and nearshore habitat necessary to support recovery of listed salmonids and to prevent future listings.