This indicator is a measure of the extent to which Puget Sound residents engage in environmental stewardship activities that they perceive as meaningful to themselves, their community, and the environment. Because of the importance of intrinsic motivation to sustaining behaviors and overall human wellbeing, it also provides a measure of the degree to which engagement in stewardship activities contributes to wellbeing.

• We measure Sound Stewardship by asking respondents how often they engaged in stewardship behaviors or activities for different reasons.
• 3.30 (out of 5) was the average response in 2024, which equates to participants engaging in stewardship activities at least once a month, or “occasionally” based on a five-point scale.
• Motivations for stewardship engagement are equally spread across communal, personal, and environmental motivations.