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Warren G. Magnuson Puget Sound Legacy Award

Annual award to recognize individual, group, business or agency having worked in Warren G. Magnuson's spirit to protect marine life in Puget Sound

SOUND LEGACY 2010 AWARD NOMINATIONS ARE CLOSED. SEND SUPPORT LETTERS HERE.

What Would Maggie Do?

For those too young to know who “Maggie” is, he’s Washington State’s Senator Warren G. Magnuson who, during his 50-year public service career, worked to protect Puget Sound and its marine life from oil spills, overfishing, and pollution.

Thanks to “Maggie,” supertankers are banned from Puget Sound. Orcas and other marine mammals are protected from capture and harm. Fishing is limited within 200 miles off our coast. And NOAA, the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, exists to protect our Sound and our oceans.

“Maggie” did something, and every year we honor him and individuals, families, businesses and organizations who make the waters of Puget Sound a better place for its marine life.

That’s the point of the Warren Magnuson Puget Sound Legacy Award.

In 2007, Olympic Peninsula activist Eloise Kailin and Seattle Post-Intelligencer reporters Lisa Stiffler and Robert McClure were recognized for their outstanding work on behalf of Puget Sound’s health.
In 2008, orca scientist Ken Balcomb, SCUBA diving activist Bruce Higgins, and fish biologist and activist Sam Wright were recognized for their years of work on behalf of Puget Sound. Read the news account here.
In 2009, the award went to the attorneys at EarthJustice, Port Townsend Marine Science Center director Ann Murphy, and the Northwest Straits Initiative and Jeff June for derelict gear removal work. Read the news account here.

Who do you know who has made Puget Sound a better place for its marine life?

It can be a group, a business, a family, an individual. A person or a group who got off their duff and did something. A leader, an activist. A restorer of habitat, steward. An educator. A protector of wildlife.

Nominate that person or group. Nominees will be judged on the magnitude of their accomplishments, consistency with the Senator’s vision for Puget Sound, duration of the accomplishments, the extent to which the accomplishments can be an model for others, and the enthusiasm and energy devoted to the accomplishment.

The prize is a Puget Sound Legacy Award given in the spirit of Senator Warren G. Magnuson awarded at People For Puget Sound’s annual breakfast in Seattle each Spring.