Resource managers only generally understand linkages between nearshore habitat and salmon in WRIA 2. General knowledge doesn’t translate into strategic restoration or protection actions by habitat type or place within a diverse landscape like WRIA 2. The assessment provided the data and analysis to make habitat-type-specific and place-specific priorities for Puget Sound listed Chinook salmon within WRIA 2. In consultation with the WRIA 2 Lead Entity TAG, the results of this assessment were translated into ranking criteria for projects evaluated for funding. This assessment is identified in the WRIA 2 salmon recovery plan and is the highest priority in its 3 year implementation plan. This project also provided other lead entities within Puget Sound answers about the relative importance of WRIA 2 habitat to Chinook salmon populations originating in other WRIAs, thus linking river-based recovery plans with nearshore recovery plans and addressing a weakness in the Puget Sound Salmon Recovery Plan identified by the TRT. WRIA 2 shorelines were classified into habitat types and fish sampled within these types for 6 areas in WRIA 2 to answer the following questions: When are juvenile Chinook salmon present? What life history strategies of Chinook salmon and what other juvenile salmon and other fish species are present in each area? What is the distribution of juvenile Chinook salmon by habitat type? What populations of Chinook salmon are present?