Salmon recovery in Washington State is managed at a watershed scale through the collaboration of local organizations, local governments, and tribes. Those local collaborative bodies are called Lead Entities. There are 25 Lead Entities statewide and two in Kitsap County:
Both organizations:
Develop
local salmon recovery strategies.
Mobilize
organizations to implement the recovery strategies, most often through
habitat protection and restoration projects.
Coordinate
with their local Puget Sound recovery counterparts.
Each Lead Entity at minimum consists of a technical advisory
committee, a citizen advisory committee, and some form of board or executive
decision-making committee. The charge of each Lead Entity is to:
Make
smart investments.
Make
sure only the top priority projects are funded.
Combine
science, local knowledge, and social values to guide projects.
Involve
the community.
