Puget Sound Bird Observatory was selected as one of forty-five recipients for the highly competitive Aquatic Land Enhancement Account Volunteer Cooperative Grant Program funding from Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) in support of the Regional Wetland Secretive Bird Monitoring Project.

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These awards from WDFW have supported hundreds of individuals and organizations who have undertaken a variety of projects that engage volunteers and benefit fish and wildlife resources. Designed to support individual citizens, non-profit organizations, schools and universities, conservation districts, and tribal governments, these grants have funded projects that improve habitat, enhance knowledge through research, extend efforts to provide or enhance access to fish or wildlife related recreation, and efforts to restore fish and wildlife populations.

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PSBO will use the funds to purchase equipment needed by volunteers so they can adhere to the standard protocol for monitoring marsh birds across the Puget Sound trough. Funding is also available to off-set travel costs incurred by volunteers making it easier for survey teams to access some of the more outlying sites and helping PSBO reach full survey coverage across the region.