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King County staff seek renewals of watershed interlocal agreements; Howard Hanson funding remains uncertain
Summary
County staff briefed the committee on renewing three 10‑year interlocal agreements that coordinate salmon recovery across King County watersheds, highlighted accomplishments and flagged an unfilled funding gap for Howard Hanson Dam fish‑pass work after recent federal budget actions.
King County Water and Land Resources Division staff on May 21 briefed the Local Services and Land Use Committee on the renewal of three interlocal agreements (ILAs) that coordinate watershed‑scale salmon recovery in King County’s principal watersheds.
The ILAs cover watershed partnerships commonly called RIAs (Water Resource Inventory Areas) 7 (north), 8 (Lake Washington–Cedar–Sammamish), and 9 (Green/Duwamish). The current agreements have supported coordinated planning and project delivery for about 25 years; staff said the agreements are being updated for another 10‑year term and must be signed by member governments before the end of the calendar year.
Why it matters: The ILAs are the governance framework for shared salmon recovery work — from floodplain reconnection and fish passage projects to riparian planting and outreach — and they…
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