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Background information: Visuals Endangered Species Act information Other sources Salmon info Visuals: Northwest Salmon, Northwest People: explore the connections Endangered Species Act information: Proposed 4(d) Rule covering Puget Sound chinook salmon (322K .pdf) 4(d) rule proposed by National Marine Fisheries Service governing "take" of Puget Sound chinook and six other threatened salmon populations. This rule provides guidance on what activities are likely to be in violation of the ESA. NMFS slideshow on the proposed 4(d) rules (external link) The Endangered Species Act and habitat conservation plans » Adobe Acrobat (PDF) version (128K .pdf) » HTML version: Endangered Species Act and Habitat conservation plans (HCPs) The ESA and local governments (external link) Information on 4(d) Rules -- National Marine Fisheries Service fact sheet. Endangered Species Act Response: Integrating WRIA Plans and 4(D) Rules (51K Acrobat .pdf) Endangered Species Act Response: 4(D) Rules (75K Acrobat .pdf) ESA Glossary of Terms (34K .rtf) Know what a "Candidate Species" is or what comprises an "Essential Fish Habitat?" Find the answers here. Endangered Species Act timeline (9K Acrobat .pdf) Find the timeline set by the National Marine Fisheries Service, the agency which will make the final determination regarding Puget Sound Chinook salmon status. Puget Sound Chinook Evolutionarily Significant Unit map (1.8M Acrobat .pdf) Official listing of Puget Sound chinook salmon in the Federal Register    · .txt file (152K) Official proposed listing of Puget Sound chinook salmon in the Federal Register Endangered and Threatened Species: West Coast Chinook salmon; listing status change; proposed rule. The legal low-down.     HTML version (308K)     Acrobat version (288K .pdf) Official Federal Register Notice: Bull trout (132K Acrobat .pdf) Endangered and threatened wildlife and plants; proposal to list the Coastal-Puget Sound bull trout as a threatened species. More legal low-down. Washington counties map (45 KB Acrobat .pdf) Map showing all counties within Washington State. Information about salmon & trout: Salmon and Trout topics A comprehensive listing of salmon and trout-related programs and information provided by the King County Department of Natural Resources & Parks. Kokanee salmon in Lake Washington Basin Historic and current status of Kokanee in the Lake Washington Basin. CHINOOK SALMON: Known freshwater distribution of salmon and trout For Water Resource Inventory Area (WRIA) 8, Greater Lake Washington watershed. Ecology of Pacific Salmon and Chinook: the Status of Puget Sound Stocks (62K Acrobat .pdf) Information about salmon lifestyle, range and adaptation, and listing status. HTML version: » Salmon ecology/status of stocks » Status of wild salmon in Puget Sound - chinook listed Tri-County chinook status map (669K Acrobat .pdf) Chinook salmon harvest in Puget Sound (163K Acrobat .pdf) An overview of how chinook fishing is regulated in Puget Sound. Puget Sound Chinook status map (994K Acrobat .pdf) Map showing Puget Sound chinook stock status and distribution. Chinook salmon life cycle chart (540K Acrobat .pdf) From eggs incubating in a gravel bed to adults returning to their birth place to spawn and die, learn about the life cycle of the Chinook salmon. Ocean migration map (157K Acrobat .pdf) View the ocean migration routes of the Puget Sound and Columbia River chinook. BULL TROUT: Bull trout fact sheet (304K Acrobat .pdf) Fact sheet courtesy U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. Ecology of bull trout (61K Acrobat .pdf file) The bull trout, a close relative of salmon, have been listed as "threatened" under the Endangered Species Act. » HTML version: Ecology of bull trout Bull trout distribution map Map defines areas where bull trout have been found by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Map data current as of Jan. 7, 1999. » Tri-county area (880K .pdf) » Coastal - Puget Sound population area (752K .pdf) Bull Trout Presentation Summary Bull Trout Interim Conservation Guidance report (144K Acrobat .pdf) Prepared by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Sources for more information: More information on the Endangered Species Act (72K .pdf) Includes web sites, contact names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses, publications, and places to learn more about salmon. For more information about accessing documents in Adobe Acrobat format, please see our help file. Updated: Jan. 15, 2002 Endangered Species Act home What we're doing | What you can do | Resources King County | Executive | News | Services | Comments | Search Links to external sites do not constitute endorsements by King County. By visiting this and other King County web pages, you expressly agree to be bound by terms and conditions of the site. The details.