01J97401

The primary purpose of this award is to support the role as a backbone organization for maintaining the leadership functions and coordination of the Puget Sound National Estuary Program. This includes program level financial management, researching funding opportunities, providing program match for local and tribal capacity grants, demonstrating sound fiscal management practices, administering the partnership's boards and partners in the update of the Action Agenda, supporting direct public engagement, coordinating and implementing a strategic science program to support Puget Sound ecosystem recovery, ecosystem assessment and monitoring, and coordinated reporting on outputs and outcomes.

The main deliverables of this award include an updated comprehensive management plan for Puget Sound for 2022-2026 and identifying and convening the network of partners to implement and monitor that plan.

Sub-recipient activities will include supporting ten local integrating organizations to help coordinate planning.

Puget Sound Partnership

5 - ENSURE CLEAN AND SAFE WATER FOR ALL COMMUNITIES 5.2 - PROTECT AND RESTORE WATERBODIES AND WATERSHEDS

66.456 - National Estuary Program

EPA Region 10: Seattle [EPA - RO]

Olympia, Washington 98501 United States

Single Zip Code

EPA-CEP-01

Amendment Since initial award the total obligations have increased 87% from $33,976,540 to $63,499,873.