This agreement provides funding to the lummi nation to continue to advance puget sound partnership action agenda recovery goals by supporting tribal representation on the puget sound partnership's…

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 10 awarded the Lummi Indian Business Council a $700,000 cooperative agreement under the Geographic Programs - Puget Sound Protection and Restoration: Tribal Implementation Assistance Program (CFDA 66.121) effective October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2030. This award funds the Lummi Nation's continued participation in the Puget Sound Partnership's governance and recovery initiatives, with staff representation on the Leadership Council and Salmon Recovery Council. The agreement supports the tribe's engagement across multiple critical committees and working groups, including the Puget Sound Ecosystem Monitoring Program Steering Committee, Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission, Tribal Management Conference, San Juan and Whatcom Local Integrating Organizations, and habitat, stormwater, and shellfish strategic initiative workgroups. These activities advance the Puget Sound Comprehensive Conservation and Management Plan recovery goals by integrating North Puget Sound tribal knowledge into ecosystem management and recovery metrics.

Deliverables under the cooperative agreement include a summary document detailing the tribe's leadership contributions, achieved milestones, and positive environmental outcomes, along with semiannual financial and ecosystem accounting tracking system reports submitted to the EPA Project Officer. Expected outcomes include sustainable ecosystem health supporting salmon runs that meet treaty reserved fishing rights, approved shellfish growing areas, and improved community health for Lummi Nation members and surrounding communities. No subawards are included in this assistance agreement.

This agreement provides funding to the lummi nation to continue to advance puget sound partnership action agenda recovery goals by supporting tribal representation on the puget sound partnership's leadership council in carrying out its responsibilities under the puget sound comprehensive conservation and management plan. This agreement will integrate north puget sound tribal knowledge into metrics which reflect the effectiveness of management and recovery actions. This agreement will also fund lummi staff participation in several critical puget sound recovery committees and meetings.activities:the activities to be performed include staff participation on the puget sound partnership's leadership council and the salmon recovery council. Staff will also participate in puget sound ecosystem monitoring program steering committee, northwest indian fisheries commission, tribal management conference, SAN juan local integrating organization implementation committee, whatcom local integrating organization management team meetings. Staff will participate and contribute to habitat, stormwater and shellfish strategic initiative work groups.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include a one page summary at the end of the grant cycle detailing of the tribe's leadership contributions, milestones achieved, successes and positive environmental outcomes under a key task and subtasks of the workplan. Additional deliverables include providing the EPA project officer with the semiannual financial and ecosystem accounting tracking system (feats) report. The expected outcomes include a sustainable, healthy ecosystem which supports a combination of natural origin and hatchery produced salmon run to meet the treaty reserved right to fish, approved shellfish growing areas, and an improvement in lummi community health. The intended beneficiaries are members of the lummi nation and surrounding communities.