OLYMPIA — Twenty-three projects to protect and restore Puget Sound have been awarded a total of $6.3 million in federal grants.
The state departments of Commerce, Ecology and the Puget Sound Partnership are working together to offer the money from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for projects included in the Puget Sound Partnership’s Action Agenda.
Eighteen local, state and tribal entities in 10 Puget Sound counties were offered funding for watershed land-use planning and water quality improvements.
Among the projects are two to be overseen by the Hood Canal Coordinating Council to retrofit stormwater infrastructure throughout the Hood Canal watershed to aid in managing surface water runoff, reduce pollution and boost rainwater infiltration.
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