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Committee backs interlocal agreements for Chinook salmon recovery in WRIA 8 and WRIA 9
Summary
The Parks, Public Utilities and Technology Committee on June 25 recommended passage of council bill 121002, authorizing Seattle Public Utilities to enter two interlocal agreements continuing Seattle’s participation in regional Chinook salmon recovery work in WRIA 8 and WRIA 9.
The Parks, Public Utilities and Technology Committee on June 25 recommended passage of council bill 121002, authorizing Seattle Public Utilities’ general manager to enter two interlocal agreements to support regional implementation of Chinook salmon conservation plans in Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 8 (Lake Washington–Cedar–Sammamish) and WRIA 9 (Green–Duwamish and Central Puget Sound).
Martha Newman, Seattle Public Utilities government relations and legislative affairs, said the agreements would continue Seattle’s long participation in regional cooperative structures established after Chinook were listed as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act in 1999. The interlocal agreements provide governance, an annual work plan and…
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