Puget Sound Action Agenda - Strategic Implementation Leads
Last verified by NonDilute: 2026-04-29. Official notice and agency instructions control.
If your organization leads regional environmental initiatives in the Pacific Northwest, this offers up to $48M to scale Puget Sound restoration work over four years.
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What this is
This is a regional environmental implementation funding opportunity for the Puget Sound area, administered by EPA's National Estuary Program. Eligible applicants will serve as Strategic Implementation Leads (SILs) coordinating habitat/marine restoration, shellfish management, and stormwater projects in collaboration with the Puget Sound Partnership and EPA. The funding supports organizations that can demonstrate capacity to implement the EPA-approved 2026-2030 Action Agenda and achieve measurable progress on specific environmental targets and reporting measures. This is primarily suited to established non-profits, regional coalitions, and public agencies rather than startups or solo founders.
Who can apply
Eligibility varies by applicant type (see Additional Information on Eligibility section); preference strongly indicated for established regional non-profits, public agencies, and coalitions with demonstrated capacity and partnership with Puget Sound Partnership. Solo founders and early-stage startups are unlikely to be competitive; this is designed for entities with existing implementation infrastructure and multi-stakeholder relationships in the Puget Sound region.
Eligible applicant types
- Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
Full description — from the agency
The overarching goal of the Puget Sound Action Agenda is to restore and protect the Puget Sound ecosystem and its beneficial uses for the public good. The purpose and top priority of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to support a funding model that allows the EPA Puget Sound Recovery National Program to provide a predictable, transparent, and collaborative local/regional funding system with a strategic focus of investments. This funding model would support activities, broadened collaborations, and communications to increase the Puget Sound National Estuary Program Management Conference’s capacity to successfully implement the EPA approved Action Agenda, and to inform future modifications to that plan. Applicants should demonstrate in their applications how they will approach implementation of the 2026-2030 Action Agenda, and how they will make measurable progress toward the Vital Sign Targets, Progress Measures, and National Estuary Program Reporting Measures in addition to any relevant priority Outputs and Outcomes described in the Action Agenda. This NOFO announces the availability of funds and solicits applications from eligible applicants that are interested in acting as “Strategic Implementation Leads” (SILs), in coordination with the Puget Sound Partnership, EPA, and other relevant parties. The three focus areas of this NOFO are Habitat/Marine, Shellfish, and Stormwater.
Topics: puget sound restoration · environmental implementation · estuary program · habitat management · shellfish recovery · stormwater mitigation · regional coordination · ecosystem recovery
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