Puget Sound
& Salmon

We work to protect clean water for people and wildlife by advancing equitable environmental policies that reduce the impacts of toxics, stormwater, and wastewater across our state. WCA led the initial effort to pass the Model Toxics Control Act in 1988 and continues to collaborate with state agencies and partner organizations to center environmental justice and Tribal sovereignty in cleanups. We work to strengthen clean water policies and regulations to advance the adoption of green stormwater infrastructure that filters pollution from runoff before it reaches Puget Sound, protecting salmon, orcas, and people.

With partners and Tribes, we accelerate transitions to healthy shorelines and thriving salmon habitat.

We ensure the public’s voice drives policy priorities through action alerts, public comment periods, community-based events, environmental lobby days, and volunteer opportunities. Through collaborations and partnerships, we work with a variety of stakeholders and communities at all levels of decision-making.

The extinction of salmon is an existential threat to Native Nations, fishers, business owners, and communities throughout the Northwest and would cause more far-reaching ecological devastation, like the Southern Resident orca that depend on the salmon. The removal of four dams on the Lower Snake River and replacing the services they provide is a historic opportunity to lead the largest salmon recovery in history, while upholding the rights of tribes and boosting economies.