This agreement provides funding to the port gamble s'klallam tribe to continue to advance puget sound partnership action agenda recovery goals by cleaning up and monitoring contaminated sites,…

The Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe received a $600,000 Cooperative Agreement awarded October 1, 2025, through EPA Region 10 under the Geographic Programs - Puget Sound Protection and Restoration: Tribal Implementation Assistance Program (CFDA 66.121). The five-year award, extending through September 30, 2030, funds tribal efforts to advance Puget Sound Partnership Action Agenda recovery goals through environmental site cleanup and monitoring, water resource management on tribal lands, and shoreline development management. The tribe will leverage existing stakeholder relationships to contribute to water resource management plans and studies, with particular focus on critical waterbodies including the Strait of Juan de Fuca, Hood Canal, and surrounding watersheds.

Under this agreement, the Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe will deliver key products and services including tracking progress on cleanup actions at restoration sites, providing technical comments on permit applications, participating in regional coordination meetings such as the Straits Environmental Restoration Network and Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Policy Committee, and serving on technical committees addressing Hood Canal and Strait of Juan de Fuca toxics cleanup and salmon, forage fish, and shellfish habitat restoration priorities. Deliverables include semiannual Financial and Ecosystem Accounting Tracking System (FEATS) reports documenting success stories submitted to EPA, completion of an upland cleanup action plan with technical recommendations, and integration of site cleanup and restoration priorities into land cover and land use plans. The intended beneficiaries are Port Gamble S'Klallam Tribe members and surrounding communities. No subawards are included under this assistance agreement.

This agreement provides funding to the port gamble s'klallam tribe to continue to advance puget sound partnership action agenda recovery goals by cleaning up and monitoring contaminated sites, manage water resources on tribal lands, and manage shoreline development. This project will continue to utilize existing stakeholder relationships to contribute to new elements of existing water resource management plans and studies. Particular attention will be placed on critical waterbodies in the tribes area of interest which includes strait of juan DE fuca, hood canal and the surrounding watersheds.activities:the activities to be performed include tracking progress of cleanup actions at restoration sites, providing comments on permit applications, attending meetings such as the straits environmental restoration network, northwest indian fisheries commission policy committee, and strategic initiative advisory committee. Staff will participate on technical committees focusing efforts and hood canal action and strait of juan DE fuca area priorities for toxics cleanup, and the protection and restoration of salmon, forage fish and shellfish habitat. Additional activities to be performed include implementing elements of an upland cleanup action plan and making recommendations for technical studies of water resources.subrecipient:no subawards are included in this assistance agreement.outcomes:the anticipated deliverables include semiannual reports in the form of a financial and ecosystem accounting tracking system (feats) report which will be provided to EPA and include success stories, and an upland cleanup action plan. The expected outcomes include site clean up and restoration priority integration into land cover and land use plans in the surrounding watersheds. The intended beneficiaries include the members of the port gamble s'klallam tribe and the surrounding communities.