Puget Sound Ecosystem Funding
. Funding is often associated with a Planning system—for example, funding for State Salmon Programs is largely driven by Salmon Recovery Planning. Efforts usually apply through a competitive process, and those that meet the needs of the right plan and meet other criteria generally get funds. Most Federal funding systems make awards on an annual basis. Most State funding systems are organized on a biennial cycle driven by the Washington State Capital Budget.
One of the best ways to understand how ecological work happens in Puget Sound is to understand the mechanics of the funding system. The quantity of resources allocated to different needs describes a status quo values system measurable in dollars. Local Jurisdictions vary widely in their allocation of public resources to ecological work. Staffing enables pursuit of state and federal funds. Observing how local government staffing is organized around ecosystem work provides a useful gauge of local effort.
Relationships
- broader: beach;beach;hydrodynamics;beach;shellfish;beach
- broader: salmon
- broader: socioeconomics
- located in: usa
- located in: washington
- related to: Chinook Salmon
- related to: Economic and social resilience
- related to: Marine Mammal Observations
- related to: Pacific Northwest megalopolis
- related to: align - grant coordination workgroup
- related to: birds
- related to: coordinated farmland protection
- related to: cultural practices
- related to: drinking water
- related to: ecology
- related to: eelgrass
- related to: efforts
- related to: epa
- related to: esa
- related to: estuaries
- related to: federal
- related to: floodplain
- related to: good governance
- related to: land use;agriculture;water management
- related to: local foods
- related to: local integrating organizations
- related to: local
- related to: mulder et al 1996
- related to: national estuary program
- related to: noaa
- related to: on-site sewage
- related to: orcas
- related to: pacific herring
- related to: planning
- related to: psemp
- related to: puget sound acquisition and restoration
- related to: rco
- related to: regulation and mitigation systems
- related to: salmon recovery
- related to: sense of place
- related to: shellfish beds
- related to: shoreline armoring
- related to: sound salmon solutions
- related to: state forests
- related to: state
- related to: summer stream flows
- related to: toxics in fish
- related to: tribal governments
- related to: washington state department of ecology
- related to: water quality
- related to: workgroup