Puget Sound

Puget Sound Recovery National Program Office

On December 23, 2022, a new amendment to the Clean Water Act established the Puget Sound Recovery National Program Office to coordinate Puget Sound restoration and protection activities across EPA, and to coordinate and manage the Puget Sound Federal Leadership Task Force.
Learn about the new office
A roadmap to health

EPA helps fund the Puget Sound Partnership's Action Agenda for protecting and restoring Puget Sound.
Read the Partnership's Action Agenda

Puget Sound in northwest Washington is the second largest estuary in the U.S. Learn more about what EPA and our partners are doing to protect it.

Funding

EPA receives money from Congress to help protect and restore Puget Sound.

Puget Sound is designated as one of 28 estuaries of national significance.

To learn more about projects supported by EPA's National Estuary Program, explore the Puget Sound Partnership's NEP Atlas.

Puget Sound is part of a larger marine ecosystem known as the Salish Sea.