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PUGET SOUND ACQUISITION AND RESTORATION (PSAR) FUND

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Type
Funding
Organization
Puget Sound Partnership
Description

Most recent deadline: April 10, 2024. The Puget Sound Acquisition and Restoration (PSAR) fund supports projects that recover salmon and protect and recover salmon habitat in Puget Sound. The state legislature appropriates money for PSAR every 2 years in the Capital Budget. PSAR is co-managed by the Puget Sound Partnership and the Recreation and Conservation Office. Local entities identify and propose PSAR projects. The Salmon Recovery Funding Board prioritizes projects for funding. The PSAR program helps implement regionally significant habitat protection and restoration priorities that advance salmon recovery. Projects should address a high priority need identified in a recovery plan and that benefits Treaty rights populations.

Funding Amount
Large Capital projects exceeding $1M in costs or exceeding what a given watershed receives in a PSAR regular round allocation are eligible to apply. Top projects will be submitted as a regional package of projects for the 2025-2027 biennium state budget.
Matching Funds
No match required
Geography
Puget Sound
Eligibility
Tribe, Local, Federal, State, Nonprofit, Higher Ed,
Website
https://www.psp.wa.gov/PSAR.php
Contact Information
Marlies Wierenga at marlies.wierenga@psp.wa.gov
Status/Type
Grant

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