Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/waterlines/
The Waterlines Project is a planning tool that studies Seattle’s history through its changing shorelines in the hopes that educating people about Seattle’s past will help foster ideas for Seattle’s future development.

Save Lake Sammamish
http://www.scn.org/earth/savelake/transition.htm
This report explores the changes that have taken place around Lake Sammamish that are endangering the survival of the lake as a salmonid habitat and recreation area. Deforestation, urbanization, erosion, and toxic waste runoff is also discussed.

Sammamish Watershed
http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/watersheds/sammamish.aspx
This website is an extensive web resource for the Sammamish Watershed and for general watershed understandings. Topics include surface water and groundwater; salmon, trout and habitat conservation; flooding and hydrology; recreation and appreciation; and the surrounding lands.

Essential Viewing for both Lake Washington and the Duwamish River Neighborhoods: On the Segregated Seattle Home Page
http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/segregated.htm
This web resource explores the history of segregation in Seattle, WA up through the 1960s. It provides maps, documents, newspaper articles, photos, and research reports. In particular, this project brought attention to thousands of homeowner deeds with racial restrictions, which eventually led to a state law that makes it easier for homeowner associations to eliminate racially restrictive covenants.

History Link: Treaty of Point Elliot, 1855
http://www.historylink.org/index.cfm?DisplayPage=output.cfm&file_id=2629
This paper, found in History Links essay collection, provides the complete text of the 1855 Treaty of Point Elliott, which was signed by Washington State Governor Isaac Stevens, the Duwamish Chief, Snoqualmie Chief, Lummi Chief, and other chiefs, subchiefs and other tribe delegates.

Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition
http://www.duwamishcleanup.org/
The Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition is dedicated to the cleanup of the Lower Duwamish River– located in South Seattle, which has been named a Superfund site by the U.S. government because of the heavy pollution due to industry and urbanization. The website explains how the Duwamish River is contaminated, who is responsible, and what efforts are and will be made in order to restore the river. The Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition is also a great resource for Superfund information.

Lower Duwamish Waterway Working Group: History of River.
http://www.ldwg.org/discover.html
The Lower Duwamish Waterway (LDW) Working Group website provides a chronological history of the LDW from before the 1950s to 2010. In particular the website focuses on what is being done to control sources of contamination, to restore habitats, and to cleanup sediment. The website also provides a report on completed projects and ongoing projects. Other reports, planning documents, maps, and links to other LDW websites are also provided.

Museum of History and Industry
http://www.seattlehistory.org
The Museum of History and Industry is the largest private heritage organization. It preserves, shares and teaches the history of the Puget Sound region and the nation. In addition to its exhibits and programs, the museum includes a library and provides an extensive online research that includes– but is not limited to– photos, reports, essays, meeting minutes, newspapers, recordings and oral histories.

Water Resource Inventory Area 9
http://www.govlink.org/watersheds/9/
The work being done to restore and protect the Green/Duwamish and Central Puget Sound Watershed, also called the Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 9, is a part of work being done by the Puget Sound Partnership.  Citizens, businesses, scientists and so forth in the area are working together to complete a science-based Salmon Habitat Plan, which will restore the watersheds ecosystem and will help combat the decline in salmon.

King County Wetlands and Urbanization Study
http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/waterandland/wetlands/wetlands-urbanization.aspx
This monograph, created by the Puget Sound Wetlands and Stormwater Management Research Project, contains 14 papers and examines the impacts of stormwater on the major components of wetlands: hydrology, water quality, soils, plants, and animals.

King County Animals and Plants
http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/animalsAndPlants.aspx
This website offers information on King County’s habitats plants and animals. In particular, the site provides information on King County’s biodiversity, salmon and trout topics, habitat restoration projects, noxious weeds, native plants, living with wildlife, beavers, freshwater mussels, stream bugs monitoring, leeches, sea star identification, and clam identification.

King County Storm Water Regulations
http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/wlr/stormwaterprogram/2008-proposed-regulation-update.aspx
This website provides information on King County’s stormwater runoff regulations and requirements, which were revised in 2008. The key requirement being that King County has storm water regulations that are comparable to those in Ecology’s Stormwater Management Manual for Western Washington.

King County Air Quality and Climate Change
http://www.kingcounty.gov/environment/air.aspx
This website provides information on King County’s air quality. In particular, the website provides information on Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, King County climate change- including the King County Energy Plan, air quality indicators, fire safety burn bans and air quality burn bans, asthma resources, and indoor air quality.

King County’s Low Impact Development Manual
http://your.kingcounty.gov/solidwaste/greenbuilding/documents/Low_Impact_Development-manual.pdf
The manual provides site designers and storm water managers with a basic understanding of the goals, practices, and flow reduction credits of low impact development that are pertinent to the Puget Sound. Research and data on low impact development is also presented.

Puyallup Tribe of Indians
http://www.puyallup-tribe.com/index.php?nav=history&id=0
This website provides resources on the Puyallup Tribe. In particular, the website presents an overview of the Puyallup Tribe’s history—including information on the history of fishing and the Treaty of Medicine Creek. The website also provides information on the Puyallup Tribal government, calendar of events, and current programs.

Their Mine, Our Stories: Work, Environment and Justice in Asarco-Impacted Communities
http://www.theirminesourstories.org
This aim of this project is to research, document and understand ASARCO– an American smelting and refining company that has a history of environmental degradation and hostile relations with its community– and its relationship with the communities it has operated in. In particular, this website explores how ASARCO was able to avoid the responsibility of its actions and set a president for future companies by claiming bankruptcy.

Pacific Shellfish Institute: Quartermaster Harbor Bivalve Nutrient Mitigation Analysis and Outreach
http://www.pacshell.org/ecosystem-services.asp
Critically low dissolved oxygen levels were found in Quartermaster Harbor, which created a negative impact on estuary health. In order to combat this, the Pacific Shellfish Institute was awarded a subcontract to culture native mussels as an alternative form of nitrogen removal. The goals of the contract were to work with the community to create a strategy to mitigate chronic nutrient inputs, to engage community member, and to develop a market-based mechanism for cleaning Puget Sound.

Stewardship Partners: Puyallup Neighborhood Rain Garden Project http://www.cityofpuyallup.org/services/public-works/stormwater-management/programs/puyallup-rain-gardens/
The Rain Garden Project educates the community on stormwater pollution prevention by planting grant-funded rain gardens that manage stormwater on-site, rather than letting it flow into drains that carry it to streams, lakes, and rivers.

Citizens for a Healthy Bay
http://www.healthybay.org
Citizens for a Healthy Bay focuses its efforts in advocacy and community outreach for Washington State’s Commencement Bay and the surrounding areas. They act as the watchdog for any actions that can harm the health of the water resources, including toxic cleanups, and run a number of initiatives aimed at safeguarding and restoring the local waters.

Foss Waterway Seaport
http://www.fosswaterwayseaport.org
Foss Waterway Seaport is a educational and recreational center that celebrates Tacoma Washington’s maritime history. Their work includes educating k-12 and college level students about maritime history, providing a home for the Waterfront Maritime Museum, and presenting exhibits about ship building, the Port of Tacoma, and industry.