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State Agencies

• Conservation Commission
  • Habitat Limiting Factors
• Department of Fish and Wildlife
  • Contacts
  • Habitat page
• Department of Health
  • Shellfish Program
• Department of Natural Resources
  • Aquatic Lands page
  • Nearshore habitat page
  • SMP review contact: Hugo Flores, (360) 902-1126
• Department of Transportation: Home Page
  • Environmental Affairs
• Interagency Committee for Outdoor Recreation
  • Salmon Recovery Funding Board
• Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve
• Parks and Recreation Commission Home Page
• Department of Community Trade and Economic Development
  • Office of Community Development
  • Governor's Land Use Reform Effort (NEW)
  • Growth Management Program
  • Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation
• Puget Sound Water Quality Action Team

Visit Access Washington for links to all state agencies.

Federal Agencies

• Environmental Protection Agency
  • EPA Region 10 Home (includes Washington State)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
  • National Office of Coastal Resource Management (OCRM)
  • Coastal Services Center
  • NOAA Fisheries (formerly NMFS) Northwest Regional Office
    • Habitat Conservation Division
  • National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science
• US Geological Survey
  • Water Resource Data for Washington State
• US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS)
  • Pacific Region Home Page
     
• US Army Corps of Engineers National Headquarters
  • Corps Seattle District
  • Corps Portland District

Tribal governments

• Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission

Legal research sites

Federal

• Federal 9th Circuit Court

• United States Code

State Offices

• State Office of the Code Reviser: laws, rules, legislative bills, State Register, where official announcements of all amendments to rules are posted.
• State Supreme Court and Court of Appeals: posts new decisions for 90 days

• Environmental Hearings Office: includes Shorelines Hearings Board

• Growth Management Appeals Boards
• Attorney General Opinions

Municipal Research & Services Center (MSRC)

• Search for Supreme Court and Appellate Court decisions
• State Court decisions affecting cities and towns
• City websites
• County websites

Other

• Findlaw.com - Links to all federal & state courts, codes, laws & regulations
• LegalWA.org: research State Supreme Court (1939 - present) and Appellate Court (1969 - present) cases by name, subject or citation, includes older cases.

Other shoreline and coastal organizations

• Coastal States Organization CSO represents the governors of United States coastal states, territories, and commonwealths as an advocate for improved management of the nation's coasts, oceans, and Great Lakes.
• California coastline photos

Fund sources for shoreline management

• Ecology SEA program grants: The principal sources of funding for local government SMP planning are Ecology's state (biennial) and federal CZM (annual) grants
• Some potential sources for restoration efforts
  • FishAmerica Foundation:  funds for community-based marine and anadromous fish habitat restoration projects

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