Environment

Lakewood, WA– Today, Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) along with Representatives Jared Huffman (CA-02), Chair of the Natural Resources Water, Oceans, and Wildlife Subcommittee and Katie Porter (CA-45), Chair of the Natural Resources Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee sent a letter to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service urging the agencies…

Washington, D.C.—Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) and Congressman Derek Kilmer (WA-6) led a letter to House and Senate Democratic Leadership and the Chairs of the House and Senate Budget Committees requesting $1,525,000 of funding in the reconciliation package for further research into 6PPD-quinone, the chemical from tires and recycled rubber killing coho salmon in the Pacific…

Lakewood, WA —On Friday, August 13th, 2021 from 10:00 – 11:30 AM PT, during “Western Pond Turtle Recovery Week,” Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) will join Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and Woodland Park Zoo in releasing 35 juvenile western pond turtles to a protected recovery site. The western pond turtles (Actinemys marmorata)—one of only…

Washington, D.C.—Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) released the following statement after her amendment was included in the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies section of H.R. 4502, the appropriations minibus package, which is set to pass the House of Representatives this week. The amendment highlights the urgency of increasing funding for research into 6PPD-quinone, the toxic chemical…

Washington, DC – Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) questioned witnesses at a House Natural Resources Committee hearing on a toxic chemical in tires and recycled rubber that is killing coho salmon in the Pacific Northwest. Strickland’s questions focused on the consequences for coho salmon if this issue is left unaddressed, the follow-up research priorities, and the…

Washington, DC— Today, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Interior and Environment voted to approve $50 million in federal funding in fiscal year 2022 for the Puget Sound Geographic Program, which provides critical grant support to state, local, and tribal governments to implement projects to improve water quality, protect shorelines, and enhance fish passage and…

Washington, DC— Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Promoting United Government Efforts to Save Our Sound (PUGET SOS) Act of 2021. The PUGET SOS Act, introduced by Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10) and Congressman Derek Kilmer (WA-06), the Co-Chairs of the Puget Sound Recovery Caucus, would enhance the federal government’s role and…