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State officials brief committee on salmon recovery: modest gains, persistent threats
Summary
Agency leaders and the Puget Sound Partnership reviewed Washington's salmon recovery framework, reported modest improvements for Chinook abundance and estuary/floodplain restoration, and flagged continued challenges from climate, toxics, predation and funding shortfalls.
Agency directors and recovery partners provided a work-session briefing to the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee on Jan. 28, outlining how Washington coordinates salmon recovery and reporting modest progress on Chinook abundance alongside major outstanding challenges.
Eric Netherland, director of the Governor's Salmon Recovery Office within the Recreation and Conservation Office, described Washington's locally based framework: regional recovery organizations aligned to federal ESA listings, watershed-scale lead entities, a Salmon Recovery Funding Board that prioritizes voluntary habitat projects, and a governor's statewide salmon strategy first issued in 1999 and updated in 2021. Netherland said Washington was “looked at as a model” for locally driven recovery and emphasized tribes’ sovereign roles as partners and…
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