After 20 years working to restore and protect Puget Sound, environmental advocacy group People for Puget Sound (PPS) is closing up shop.
Tom Bancroft, the group’s executive director, said that the decision to cease operations stemmed from financial difficulties that began in 2008, when the nation’s economy fell into recession. In an effort to reduce operational expenses, the organization made staffing cuts in 2009, in 2011 and again in May of this year.
By this summer, Bancroft said, “it was looking really tenuous whether we would be able to make it through the fall.” ...