Suquamish Tribe FY 2020 West Sound Salmon and Steelhead Recovery Planning and Coordination

This project continues the Suquamish Tribe’s focus on salmon recovery planning, coordination, and project implementation within its Usual and Accustomed Fishing Area (U&A). This project focuses on coordinating implementation of 1) Local chapters of the Puget Sound Chinook Salmon Recovery Plan and Puget Sound Steelhead Recovery Plan; 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 and steelhead 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.