Washington State
- Recent Topic Edits
- Salish Sea References
- Ecology Coastal Oblique Photography
- The Encyclopedia of Puget Sound provides a peer reviewed version of the wiki
- The Nearshore Map Portal
- Habitat Work Schedule Map
- PRISM Project Search
- Washington Coastal Atlas
- Wiki Rules
- Wiki text does not reflect the policy or opinion of any agency or organization
- Please adhere to our social contract
- Complain here, and be nice.
- What Links To This Page?
- Topics (← links)
- Forest Practices Act (← links)
- Salmon Recovery (← links)
- The State of Washington (redirect page) (← links)
- Southern Resident Killer Whale (← links)
- National Historic Preservation Act (← links)
- Category:State (redirect page) (← links)
The State of Washington contains Puget Sound, Whidbey Basin, Hood Canal, and the US side of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and the San Juan Islands. The Executive Branch implements state law to manage natural resources. State authority has been divided among an exceptionally large number of agencies.
Along with Federal Government the state creates the environment in which local actors interact with the ecosystem. Different Laws authorize different state agencies to regulate and administrate land use as managed most directly by local Jurisdictions
State agencies receive funds and authority from federal agencies, and in turn have relationships with local jursidictions.
After the The Boldt Decision (and as affirmed in The Culvert Case), Washington State must co-manage fisheries with Tribal Governments. A more integrated discussion of the interactions of agencies is found on the government page.
The following state agencies are described in the wiki:
- Puget Sound Partnership
- Washington State Department of Natural Resources
- Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Washington State Conservation Comission
- Washington State Department of Agriculture
- Washington Recreation and Conservation Office
- Washington State Military Department
- Washington State Department of Commerce
- Washington State Department of Ecology
- Results Washington
- Washington State Office of the Governor
- Washington State Department of Health
- Public Works Board
- Environmental and Land Use Hearings Office
- Washington State Department of Transportation
- Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
- Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries
- Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development