Help protect Puget Sound!

Puget Sound is a vast and beautiful estuary vital to the health and prosperity of the Northwest. The Sound provides habitat to numerous plants and animals, supports a wide variety of economic activities, and is a source of recreation and pride for millions of Washingtonians.

But beneath the dazzling surface, Puget Sound is in serious decline. For decades, toxic chemicals from industry and households have accumulated in the Sound. Development and pollution have destroyed 80 percent of the Sound's estuary habitat and altered more than one-third of the shoreline. Salmon, orcas, and other Northwest marine creatures are at a fraction of their historic levels - some are approaching the brink of extinction.

Our region must take action now to make Puget Sound as clean, productive and protected in reality as it appears on the surface - before the damage becomes more widespread and irreversible.

Here's what you can do to help:

1. Drive less.
2. Fix oil leaks.
3. Use commercial car washes.
4. Practice natural yard care.
5. Pick up pet waste.
6. Plant native plants.
7. Dispose hazardous waste properly.
8. Conserve water.
9. Volunteer on a habitat restoration project.
10. Spread the word.

What the King County Council is doing to help:

• King County gets early lead on Puget Sound recovery efforts
• Cleaning Up Puget Sound the focus of Town Hall Meeting 
• Study calls for closer look at managing cruise ship waste in Puget Sound
• Getting out the message on impact of water runoff from homes and businesses
• Council seeks plan for coordinated County role in clean-up of Puget Sound
  

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