Report to the Salmon Recovery Funding Board on Marine Nearshore Habitat Issues,Efforts and Funding Options

摘要

The Salmon Recovery Funding Board (SRFB) learned during the Early 2000 grantcycle that marine nearshore habitat protection and restoration projects were not well represented in the projects proposed for funding. To begin to address this issue, SRFB staff convened a Marine Nearshore Habitat Workshop in July 2000 to review marine nearshore issues and funding needs and their relationship to the SRFB funding process. The workshop is summarized in a previous report to the SRFB that includes recommendations for how to address these issues and needs. Because the workshop was attended primarily by Puget Sound area experts, SRFB staff convened a second meeting of coastal experts to gather additional information and input. This report summarizes input from both the workshop and the meeting, as well as one-on-one discussions with many marine nearshore science and policy experts.