Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission
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The Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission (SEEC) is an American-Canadian commission that aims to conserve the Skagit River basin.[1]
SEEC MANDATE: The responsibilities of the Commission are described in an annex to the High Ross Treaty. Under the Treaty, the Commission’s mandate is to conserve and protect wilderness and wildlife habitat, enhance recreational opportunities, eliminate mineral and timber rights consistent with conservation and recreation purposes, conduct studies and plan for the construction of hiking trails, footbridges, interpretive displays and the like.
THE COMMISSION: The Skagit Environmental Endowment Commission and its Skagit Endowment Fund were established in 1984 by the High Ross Treaty between the U.S. and Canada. The founding mandate of the Commission is to manage an endowment fund and to influence conservation and protection of wilderness and wildlife in the transboundary Upper Skagit watershed.
WHO SEEC IS: This sixteen-member Commission is responsible for the strategic direction of the organization and stewardship of the endowment fund. The Commission consists of an eight-person Canadian delegation appointed by the Premier of British Columbia and an eight-person U.S. delegation appointed by the Mayor of Seattle. All are appointed to four year terms on a staggered basis.
References
[edit]- ^ Lavoie, Judith (2022-01-20). "Why Imperial Metals surrendered mining rights in B.C.'s Skagit headwaters". The Narwhal. Retrieved 2024-09-23.
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- Nature conservation organizations based in Canada
- Environmental organizations based in Washington (state)
- Environmental organizations based in British Columbia
- Nature conservation organizations based in the United States
- Intergovernmental environmental organizations
- Canada–United States border
- Intergovernmental organizations established by treaty
- Water and the environment
- Water law