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01/18/2005: "The Puget Sound Action Team released State of the Sound 2004 today"

The Puget Sound Action Team released State of the Sound 2004 today, which provides an overview of the health of Puget Sound's water, submerged lands, habitats, and species. It documents evidence of continuing poor health in Puget Sound. Declines in salmon, orca, marine birds, and rockfish, closures of shellfish beds, and a growing dead zone in Hood Canal are some of the warning signals that the very best of Puget Sound may be in jeopardy.

State of the Sound 2004 also describes some of the work of the Puget Sound Action Team partnership, and work being done by thousands of others, across many walks of life, to protect and restore the Sound. This work is improving water quality and protecting and restoring habitat in many areas of the Sound.

The report concludes that the efforts around to protect and restore the Sound are not yet equal to the scale of the problems. It calls for expanding the scale and scope of our efforts.
Click to view the report and a six-page overview