Stormwater Action Monitoring - status & trends studies

Stormwater Action Monitoring (SAM) conducts status and trend monitoring in Western Washington streams and nearshore marine waters.

map showing region watershed area; if you need a description of the watersheds please contact Keunyea Song phone: 360-407-6158 — Two study regions: Watersheds of the Puget Sound and Lower Columbia (click the map to enlarge)

What is the goal?

SAM conducts long-term regional status and trends monitoring studies to learn how collective stormwater management actions are improving streams and marine waters in western Washington.

Where do we monitor?

SAM's stream and nearshore marine monitoring occurs in small streams in the Puget Sound and Lower Columbia River watersheds.

Puget Sound small streams
Puget Sound nearshore mussels and marine sediment
Lower Columbia urban streams

What are we learning?

Three Puget Sound regional studies completed their first round of monitoring in 2015-2018. Read a short summary of these receiving water studies or watch the video below.

Contact information

Chelsea Morris
Stormwater Action Monitoring Scientist
chelsea.morris@ecy.wa.gov
360-764-0890

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