PWR LIO Meetings 

  • Next Meeting – July 26; 10:00-12:00 PM PST – (Zoom) 
  • Past LIO Meeting Notes/Summary (April 26, 2023) 

 

Local News 

  • Puyallup and Chambers Watersheds Monitoring and Adaptive Management Plan – The Lead Entity for Puyallup and Chambers Watersheds (WRIAs 10/12) recently updated their monitoring and adaptive management plans for salmonids in the region. You can read the updated plan HERE for more information.  

 

  • NOAA Fisheries Management Tool – Fisheries can be vulnerable to natural stressors as well as human-induced stressors such as climate change, fishing pressure, pollution, and habitat loss. A new NOAA report details case studies showing how U.S. regional fishery management councils can use a new tool to incorporate ecosystem stressors into their decision making. You can read more about this tool HERE. 

 

  • NOAA Fisheries Management Tool – Fisheries can be vulnerable to natural stressors as well as human-induced stressors such as climate change, fishing pressure, pollution, and habitat loss. A new NOAA report details case studies showing how U.S. regional fishery management councils can use a new tool to incorporate ecosystem stressors into their decision making. You can read more about this tool HERE. 

  

 

Funding Opportunities 

  • PSP’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Tracker – This tool tracks funding in the BIL related to Puget Sound recovery priorities, to view the BIL funding tracker please click HERE (updated regularly). PSP also produced an End-of-Session Review for the 117th Congress, to read up on it click HERE. 

 

  • Federal Funding for Nature Based Solutions – The National Wildlife Federation has developed a new searchable database of federal funding sources for nature-based infrastructure solutions. To view the list and see if your project would qualify for over 75 programs please visit HERE. 

 

  • Biodiversity Conservation – News Flash!  This week the Legislature passed the 2023-25 biennial operating and capital budgets which included $23M for biodiversity conservation! More information about this funding opportunity will be released shortly by WDFW. If you have any have ongoing biodiversity conservation needs for funding contact Michelle Tirhi (michelle.tirhi@dfw.wa.gov). If you have local biodiversity specific projects that are already fleshed out (aka a proposal stage) or line item actions from a planning document (need item and plan reference), Michelle can add those to the list.   

 

  • NEW! Local Parks Maintenance Grants – The Washington State Legislature provided one-time funding in the operating budget to help local parks departments maintain their working facilities to meet the needs of their residents. This program will focus on helping communities in need address maintenance backlogs for key local parks facilities and capital improvements. Accessed through a simple application process, grants can be used for general maintenance of things such as trails, restrooms, picnic sites, playgrounds, signs, and kiosks. The application period runs from June 30, 2023, through July 31, 2023. To get you started on thinking about project proposals, they encourage you to visit RCO’s web page for more info and learn about planned webinars HERE. 

 

  • 2023-25 Shoreline Planning Competitive Grant – Ecology is pleased to announce they will be offering the Shoreline Planning Competitive Grant Program in the 2023-25 biennium. The grant program will fund shoreline planning-related projects that support a wide range of goals, including topics such as advancing climate resilience, improving SMP implementation, and supporting local shoreline planning priorities. Successful projects do not need to result in an SMP amendment. The 2023-25 Shoreline Planning application period runs from July 5, 2023, through August 17, 2023. To get you started on thinking about project proposals, they encourage you to visit Ecology’s Shoreline Planning web page for short descriptions of projects were funded in the 2021-23 pilot grant round HERE. 

 

  • NEW! Puget Sound Strategic Initiative Lead’s Funding – The Shellfish and Stormwater SILs are excited to announce two new funding opportunities for programs, activities, and lines of work that advance Puget Sound recovery and protection. 
  • A full list of all projects that responded to RFPs (dating back from Fall 2022) can be found HERE with award details. Moving forward this list will be updated by the SILs for future RFPs. 
  • The Stormwater Strategic Initiative Lead Team (SIL) will be extending the application period for Chemical Action Plan (CAP) Implementation proposals in the current Toxics in Fish Request for Proposals. This second round of funding closes on 8/15. There is still grant funding available for proposals that address CAP recommended actions to reduce sources and discharges of PFAS, PCB, and PBDE, including but not limited to: 
  • Support for site characterization, source investigation, and mitigation of contaminated sites 
  • Work with communities to remove and replace household and/or building products containing these toxic chemicals 
  • Expand environmental monitoring to identify new areas requiring cleanup 

 

Job Announcements 

  • Administrative Assistant 3 – Puget Sound Partnership 

The Partnership is hiring for a permanent full-time Administrative Assistant 3 position. This Washington General Service position assists in scheduling meetings and events, preparing board materials, processing of postal mail, and travel logistics for our staff and board members. For more information about benefits and the details of the position, visit HERE.