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Puget Sound Restoration: Additional Actions Could Improve Assessments of Progress

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date July 19, 2018
Release Date July 19, 2018
Report No. GAO-18-453
Summary:

Puget Sound is the nation's second largest estuary, supporting millions of people and a wide variety of species. Development and use, however, have degraded its water quality and habitat, and harmed critical species like salmon and killer whales.

Federal and nonfederal entities have established two main interagency groups to coordinate restoration efforts. However, it's difficult to assess the amount of progress these groups have made, in part because they lack measurable targets for a number of indicators.

We recommended that these groups improve their ability to assess the progress of Puget Sound restoration efforts.

Seahurst Park Shoreline Restoration Project

Before and after photographs of a shoreline restoration project, and a map of the project location.

Before and after photographs of a shoreline restoration project, and a map of the project location.

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