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The Whidbey Basin is one of 7 sub-basins of Puget Sound identified in the PSNERP study and is commonly referenced in studies. The ecosystem stewardship communities in this area often interact. This region encompasses the largest Floodplain areas devoted to Agriculture that have not be consumed by The Megapolis and account for 60% of the freshwater flow in Puget Sound, including the Skagit and Snohomish catchments. The This Whidbey Basin includes the northern extent of Lushootseed-speaking peoples. While the Samish Indian Nation are Northern Straits Salish speakers, the Swinomish Inidian Tribal Community, Upper Skagit Indian Tribe, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe, Stillaguamish Tribe are Northern Lushootseed-speaking, with a transition to Southern Lushootseed among the Tulalip Tribes of Washington, and Snoqualmie Indian Tribe. This area of big rivers defines much of Skagit County and Snohomish County. Settlement is organized around river towns, that generally get smaller as you head up river to the cascade crest. The Snohomish, Stevens, and Washington-Rainy passes provided trade over the mountains to the Columbia Basin since time before memory. To the North, over Chuckanut Mountain and into the Nooksack is the Fraser Lowland Region and the boundary between the USA and Canada. To the south is East Sound dominated by The Megapolis, creating a irreversible northward pressure of continuous Urban Landuse. The regional boundaries are a little awkward, because the The Samish Watershed is clearly related by Landform and social economy to the Skagit Watershed but does not drain to the basin defined by Whidbey Island. The Stillaguamish is entwined in the Skagit farming networks, but is in Snohomish County. The Snohomish basin has many connections to East Sound and The Megapolis to the south. In addition, Whidbey Island is clearly a coherent place, but is excessively split by a basin-referencing schema.
Places Within Whidbey Basin
Landforms
Sites
All Workgroups and Efforts in Whidbey Basin
Workgroups
- Adopt-A-Stream Foundation
- City of Everett
- City of Lake Stevens
- City of Langley
- French Slough Flood Control District
- People for the Preservation of Tualco Valley
- Port of Everett
- Skagit Climate Science Consortium
- Skagit County
- Skagit Land Trust
- Skagit River System Cooperative
- Skagit Watershed Council
- Sno-Valley Tilth
- Snohomish Communications Coordination
- Snohomish Conservation District
- Snohomish Coordinated Investment Network
- Snohomish County
- Snohomish Sustainable Lands Strategy
- Snoqualmie Valley Protection Alliance
- Snoqualmie Valley Watershed Improvement District
- Snoqualmie Watershed Forum
- Sound Salmon Solutions
- Sound Water Stewards
- Stewardship Partners
- Stillaguamish Tribe
- Stillaguamish Watershed Council
- Tulalip Tribes of Washington
- Western Washington Agricultural Association
- Western Washington Riparian Workgroup
- Whidbey Environmental Action Network
Efforts
- Barnaby Reach Restoration
- Biocultural Restoration of Riverscape Forests and Wetlands With Agroforestry
- Blue Heron Mitigation Bank
- Clean Samish Initiative
- Coastal Blue Carbon Project
- Culvert Replacement Regulatory Coordination
- Deepwater Slough Restoration
- Effects of Exposed Tidal Flats on Water Temperature in the Snohomish Estuary
- Envision Skagit 2060
- Evaluating Salmon Rearing Limitations in River Deltas
- Everett Marshlands Restoration
- Everett Riverfront Wetlands
- Fir Island Farm Restoration
- Fisher Slough Restoration
- French Slough Drainage Management
- Haskell Slough Protection and Restoration
- Island Unit Estuary Restoration
- Jim Creek Channel Enhancement
- Juvenile salmon response to landscape connectivity change within two Puget Sound river estuaries
- King County Agricultural Drainage Assistance Program (ADAP)
- King County Flood Control District Cooperative Watershed Management Program (CWM)
- Leque Island Restoration
- Lower Skykomish Floodplain Design
- Lower Skykomish Floodplain Land Strategy
- Lower Skykomish Reach Scale Plan
- Lower Snohomish Reach Scale Plan
- Marysville Mitigation Site
- Maulsby Mudflat Reconnection and Restoration
- Mid-spencer Island Restoration
- Milltown Island Restoration
- North Ebey Island Restoration
- Port Susan Marine Stewardship Area
- Port Susan Restoration
- Predicting Sea Level Rise Impacts on Ag Production
- Qwuloolt Restoration
- Restoration For All
- Skagit Delta Tidegates and Fish Initiative
- Skagit Farm, Fish and Flood Initiative
- Skagit Farmland Legacy Program
- Skykomish Braided Reach Project
- Skykomish Habitat Mitigation Bank
- Smith Island Restoration
- Sno-Stilly Riparian Zone Management Strategy
- Snohomish Agricultural Resilience
- Snohomish Agriculture Resilience Plan
- Snohomish Basin Forest Ecosystem Services Pilot Project
- Snohomish Delta Ecosystem Monitoring and Evaluation
- Snohomish Estuary Restoration Effects on Temperature, Salinity, and Tides
- Snohomish Farmland Protection Strategy
- Snohomish Floodplain Acquisition Strategy
- Spencer Island Restoration
- Steamboat Slough Mitigation Site
- Stillaguamish Delta Dredged Sediment Re-use
- Stillaguamish Valley Protection Initiative
- Swinomish Slough Restoration
- Tulalip Landfill Cleanup
- Union Slough Mitigation
- Union Slough Restoration
- Whidbey Basin Estuary Restoration Monitoring
- Wiley Slough Restoration
- Zis a Ba Restoration
Whidbey Basin Products
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