Our Goals:

The Alliance envisions Puget Sound's shorelines to be healthy, vibrant, clean and full of life. We also envision a Sound that can be easily reached and enjoyed by people, with more parks and natural areas for generations of families to experience and appreciate. And, we envision a civic and political leadership fully committed to the Sound's health and vitality. Puget Sound is renowned in our communities and across the country as a vibrant inland sea, a national model for how people--driven by commitment, pride and vision--can make a profound and lasting contribution on behalf of a landscape they love. Achieving this vision is the driving force behind the goals of the Alliance for Puget Sound Shorelines.

Building on the success of this collaboration since 2006 to protect and restore the shorelines of Puget Sound, we have adopted the following goals moving forward:

Strengthen and harness the human connection between people and the Puget Sound shorelines by:

• Making it easier for people to access, use and enjoy the Puget Sound shorelines;
• Organizing a growing mainstream constituency for shorelines in communities throughout Puget Sound;
• And using public opinion as leverage towards developing new funding sources supporting the recovery of Puget Sound by 2020.

Protect and restore Puget Sound's shoreline habitat by:

• Protecting existing shoreline habitat;
• Restoring vital shoreline natural systems;
• And increasing the overall capacity of the restoration and protection community around Puget Sound.