The Puget Sound River History Project studies the historical landscape of Puget Sound's lowland rivers and estuaries as a dynamically linked geophysical, ecological, and human system.

The Early Government Land Survey in the Puget Sound Area. The General Land Office (GLO) mapped the Puget Lowland between about 1850 and 1890 as part of their cadastral survey of the United States and its territories for the Public Land Survey System that began soon after the Revolutionary War. Because the survey in the Puget Sound area was prior to, or in the earliest …

Puget Sound River History Project. The Puget Sound River History Project at the University of Washington features historical topographic data for Puget Sound's river systems. Cassells Point, Duwamish River, WA, ca. 1891. View is to the east, with streetcar bridge crossing the Duwamish River near South Park in the background.

Puget Sound River History Project Study of the historical landscape of Puget Sound's lowland rivers and estuaries. Website includes historical Puget Sound T-sheets; shoreline maps that were created in the late 1800 to early 1900s.

This is Phase 2 of the project "Puget Sound Critical Areas Monitoring/Adaptive Management Program." The goal of Phase 2 of this project is to update the Critical Areas Handbook for local planners based on new information and lessons learned from Phase 1. ... and other habitats throughout the lower Green River. This project runs from April 2020 ...

The historical landscape conditions are based on mapping done by the Puget Sound River History Project for guiding regional issues of resource management, restoration, and environmental planning. These studies can inform urban design decisions related to green infrastructure, flood management, and other contemporary planning issues surrounding sustainability and resilience.