The transboundary
Georgia Basin – Puget Sound Ecosystem consists of three basins:
Puget Sound, Strait of Georgia and Strait of Juan de Fuca.
Residents of the Georgia Basin-Puget Sound region share: an airshed, a flyway for migratory birds, watersheds, habitat for anadromous fish and concerns over urban growth pressures.
A
Joint Statement of Cooperation on the Georgia Basin and Puget
Sound Ecosystem (SOC) was signed by the Administrator of the
Environmental Protection Agency and the Minister of Environment
Canada on January 19, 2000. A SoC
Action Plan and Report on Progress are
produced biannually.
The three major components of the SoC are:
The Georgia Basin – Puget Sound ecosystem has a population of
approximately 7 million with some projections envisioning an increase
to over 9 million by the year 2020. Cooperative planning and management
in the following key transboundary initiatives are important to achieving
and maintaining sustainable ecosystems and communities in the face of
continuing population and economic growth.
Georgia Basin - Puget Sound Transboundary Partners
Events
