Here are some interesting facts of the Sound:
1. In 2010, 26% of the Sound's monitored beaches failed to meet water quality standards and were unsafe for swimming.
2. Approximately 19% of the Puget Sound's 36,000acers of shellfish beds are closed due to pollution.
3. There is only about 10% of the Pacific, Cherry Point herring stock in North Puget sound than there was in 1970.
4. More than a quarter of the Sound's Shoreline is being hold in place by shoreline armoring.
5. During the past 50 years the Puget Sound lost at least 2/3 of its remaining old growth forest, more than 90% of its native prairies, and 80% of its marshes.
1. In 2010, 26% of the Sound's monitored beaches failed to meet water quality standards and were unsafe for swimming.
2. Approximately 19% of the Puget Sound's 36,000acers of shellfish beds are closed due to pollution.
3. There is only about 10% of the Pacific, Cherry Point herring stock in North Puget sound than there was in 1970.
4. More than a quarter of the Sound's Shoreline is being hold in place by shoreline armoring.
5. During the past 50 years the Puget Sound lost at least 2/3 of its remaining old growth forest, more than 90% of its native prairies, and 80% of its marshes.