Puget Soundkeeper is the Sunday Offering recipient for August. Their mission states, “Puget Soundkeeper’s mission is to protect and enhance the waters of Puget Sound for the health and restoration of our aquatic ecosystems and the communities that depend on them.” A founding member of the global Waterkeeper Alliance, Puget Soundkeeper has advocated for the public’s right to clean water for over 40 years
Puget Soundkeeper has…
- Completed over 1600 patrols of Puget Sound waterways
- Facilitated development of more than a dozen new or improved water treatment facilities in the Puget Sound region
- Taken legal action against more than 170 Clean Water Act violators, never losing a case
- Certified 71 Clean Marinas through the Clean Marina Washington program
- Created the Puget Sound Stewardship and Mitigation Fund and awarded over $7.4 million in settlement funds to Puget Sound restoration projects
- Engaged over 18,000 volunteers in cleanups, outreach events and advocacy
- Removed more than 145,000 pounds of marine debris from Puget Sound waterways
- Set national precedent for industrial stormwater treatment, green infrastructure and low-impact development regulations
The funds donated by EUUC will be dedicated to their ability to advocate for stronger policies to protect clean water, clean up our waterways, preserve critical habitat for wildlife, and push industrial polluters to do better by following the regulations put in place by the Clean Water Act.
As always, thank you for your generous donations.
If you have an organization that you wish to nominate for Sunday cause of the month, we invite you to fill out the online nomination form at https://euuc.org/sunday-offering/