Cascadia Coastal and Ocean Management 
Links organized by State or Province 

• Transboundary/regional

• British Columbia

• Washington

• Oregon

• California

TRANS-BOUNDARY/REGIONAL

• Ecotrust:  a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the emergence of a conservation economy along North America's rain forest coast, the region from San Francisco to Anchorage. 
• Inforain: Inforain has, since 1996, been the flagship website for Ecotrust's "bioregional information system," a unique effort to discern and describe patterns of change in North America's coastal temperate rain forest.
• Lower Columbia River Estuary Program (LCREP)
• PNCERS Home
• PNW Society of Wetland Scientists
• US Army Corps of Engineers - Northwestern Division
• Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative
• Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association
• Puget Sound -Georgia Basin Environmental Initiative
• Surfrider (www.surfrider.org)

BRITISH COLUMBIA

Federal Government

• Environment Canada 
  Canadian Environmental Protection Act 
  Canadian Wildlife Service 
• Oceans Conservation -- links to Marine Protection Act, Integrated Management, Marine Environmental Protection, Canada’s Oceans Act 
• Georgia Basin Initiative (GBEI) 
• Oceans Canada 
• Integrated Coastal Zone Management (ICZM) Page - Pacific Coast
• Marine Protected Area (MPA) Strategy Page - Pacific Coast
• Pacific Marine Ecozone, Canada
• Canadian Federal Legislation Related To Oceans
• Canadian Maritime Law Association
• Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO)
• DFO --Oceans Initiative
• Pacific Marine & Coastal Ecosystems
• DFO -- Habitat and Enhancement Branch (HEB) in the Pacific Region
• The Pacific Region Oceans 
• Institute of Ocean Sciences 
• Integrated Coastal Management 
• Marine Protected Areas 
• Marine Ecosystem Health 

Provincial

• BC Land Use Coordination Office 
• Coastal Zone Position Paper 
• BC Fisheries 
• Forest Practices Code 

Non-Governmental

• University of Victoria -- Centre for Earth and Ocean Research 
• Simon Fraser University-- Cooperative Resource Management Institute 
• University of BC -- Institute for Resources & Environment 
• Coastal Zone Canada (BC) Association 
• Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society -- BC Chapter 
• Coastal Community Network 
• Islands Trust 
• The Living by Water Project 
• The Sierra Club of Canada 
• Living Oceans Society 
• Wildlife Habitat Canada 
• Canadian Wildlife Federation 
• Oceans Blue Foundation 
• Ducks Unlimited 
• Habitat Acquisition Trust 
• West Coast Environmental Law - public interest environmenal law for British Columbia
• Pacific Marine Heritage Legacy 
• The Stewardship Centre 
• Ecotrust Canada

WASHINGTON

State Government

• Washington State Department of Ecology
  • Shorelands Program 
    • Puget Sound Shorelines
  • Oblique aerial photography map-searchable databases
  • Puget Sound Landslides
• Washington Dept. of Natural Resources 
  • Aquatic Resources Division
  • Nearshore Habitat Program
• Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team
• Puget Sound -Georgia Basin Environmental Initiative

Local Government

NGO

• People For Puget Sound - a non-profit citizens' group, dedicated to educating and involving people in protecting and restoring the land and waters of Puget Sound and the Northwest Straits.
• Friends of the San Juans - "To protect and promote the health and future of the San Juan Islands: land, water, natural and human communities."
  

Academic/University based

• Puget Sound Regional Synthesis Model - (PRISM)
• Washington Sea Grant Program
• University of Washington, School of Marine Affairs
• Center for Streamside Studies - A unique partnership of state and federal agencies, native American tribes, forest industry, and the University of Washington helped start the Center under the auspices of the Colleges of Forest Resources and Ocean and Fishery Sciences.
  

OREGON

State Government

• Oregon DLCD - Oregon Coastal Management Program
• Oregon Plan for Salmon and Watersheds
• NEW ! Oregon Ocean Policy Advisory Council
• Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries
• Oregon Parks and Recreation Department - see Department Adminstration for management and planning information
• Oregon State Marine Board
• Oregon State Legislature website

Local

• Tillamook Bay Performance Partnership (formally 
  Tillamook Bay National Estuary Project)
• Lower Columbia River Estuary Program (LCREP)

NGO

• Ecotrust
• Oregon Coastal Zone Management Association see Oregon 
  Coastal notes 
• CREST - Columbia River Estuary Study Taskforce

Academic/University based

• PISCO (Partnership for Interdisciplinary Studies of 
  Coastal Oceans) Project
• Oregon Sea Grant
• Oregon State University, Marine Resource Management Program, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences

CALIFORNIA

Federal Government

• U.S. Coast Guard Group Humboldt Bay California 
• Humboldt Bay National Wildlife Refuge (USFWS) 
• Bureau of Land Management, Arcata Field Office 

State Government

• CERES: California Environmental Resources Evaluation System

• California Ocean and Coastal Environmental Access Network 
  • DelNorte County 
  • Humboldt County 
• California Ocean Resources Management Program 

• California Fisheries Information Website
• California Ocean Resources Management Program
• California Coastal Conservancy   
• California Coastal Commission 
• California Department of Fish and Game 
• California State Lands Commission 
• California Ocean Resources Management Program 
• State Water Resources Control Board 
  • California Ocean Plan 

NGO

• Northcoast Environmental Center 
• California Coastal Coalition 
• California Native Plant Society, North Coast Chapter 
• California Shore and Beach Preservation Association 
• Redwood Region Audubon Society 
• Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Associations 
• Save-The-Redwoods League 
• Society for Ecological Restoration, California Chapter 
• The Trust for Public Land, California
• United Anglers of California 

• Information Center for the Environment 
• Timber Harvest Plan MapMaker Internet Mapping Service
• Aquatic Diversity of California 
• ICEMAPS: Interactive Natural Resources Query System
• Geospatial Waterbody System  
• California Sea Grant College Program
• California Gap Analysis Project Home Page  

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