Puget Soundkeeper Alliance

Law & policy - as an on-the-water advocacy organization, Puget Soundkeeper works to directly enforce the clean water act through actions ranging from water quality monitoring and legislative and administrative advocacy to taking polluters to court and enforcing the law. To date, over 200 legal actions have been filed through this program and millions of dollars have been spent by polluters to clean up their facilities and restore the communities and ecosystems degraded by their activities. In the past 10 years alone, Puget Soundkeeper has submitted public comments to decision makers advocating for better policies and regulations for our waterways. Puget Soundkeeper is on the sound and in its watershed on foot, by bike, and on the water working to ensure the law is followed, our legal systems continuously improve, and our watersheds and communities are protected.

Education & outreach - Puget Soundkeeper works to connect, inform, and activate communities across the sound in common cause for clean water online (through social media platforms and its own website), in person (through membership meet-up events and panel discussions, tabling events, presentations, and at community events), and with schools. Additionally, Puget Soundkeeper supports the next generation of clean water community advocates through an ambassador program, legislative training, and more.

Clean water program - Puget Soundkeeper's team works directly with communities, visitors, and industries across the sound through a host of volunteer events (including cleanups, festivals, and restoration projects), community science initiatives (including microplastic, water quality, and salmon survival projects), and trainings. Each year, Puget Soundkeeper engages with more than 10,000 community members on the water and waterfront, and with dozens of agencies, entities, partner organizations and businesses.