Puget Sound Recovery Region

At 16,000 square miles the Puget Sound Basin, between the Cascade and Olympic mountains in Northwest Washington, is the second largest estuary in the United States. Twenty percent of the area is land, with a diversity of farms, forests, parks, small towns, and busy cities. The remainder is freshwater, estuarine, and marine waters; over 20 major river systems and their tributary creeks drain mountain elevations of 7,000 feet or more and drop to sea level within 50 to 70 miles.

Puget Sound is home to two-thirds of the state's people. In early 2007 the Puget Sound Partnership became a state agency responsible for recovery of salmon and restoration of the Puget Sound ecosystem.

• Limiting Factors
• WDFW Priorities
• Recovery Plans