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Connection to Other Programs in the

Puget Sound Region

Over 20 cities, counties, and At the regional level, the Puget Sound
tribes measure stream health Partnership has set targets for the
using invertebrate samples. Local restoration of 30 small watersheds
jurisdictions share a regional database in the Puget Sound Region by 2020.
called the Puget Sound Stream To measure the program’s success,
Benthos (PSSB) and use the bug index streams will be evaluated using the
to test low impact development, stream bug index (B-IBI).
evaluate restoration projects, and
diagnose problems in streams. At the federal level, EPA uses
The PSSB can be found at http:// information about stream condition to
pugetsoundstreambenthos.org and get allocate federal resources to protect
Kitsap Bug data at http://goo.gl/RifVwc. and restore streams under the
authority of the Clean Water Act.
At the state level, the Department
of Ecology tracks the status and
trends and sets regional expectations
for stream health based on
invertebrate samples.

Stonefly (Plecoptera)

Mayfly (Ephemeroptera)

Caddisfly (Trichoptera)
bug images courtesy of IAN Image Library

Funded in part by a grant from Washington State Department of Ecology.

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