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Global geography hub > Western Hemisphere > North America > Canada-USA >

Contents below:

     · Alaska-Yukon-British Columbia border region

       · Cascadia & Pacific Northwest

         · Columbia River Basin

           · Boundary waters

             · International Lake of the Woods

               · Eastern North America

                 · Niagara region

                   · Algonquin to Adirondacks

                     · St. Croix River

                       · Coastal Atlantic Ocean

                         · Gulf of Maine

Subpages:

     · Great Lakes

       · Yellowstone to Yukon & “Northern Rockies”

         · Appalachia, Appalachian Mountains, Appalachian Trail & Acadia

Alaska-Yukon-Britsh Columbia border region

Arctic Refuge @ Alaska Wilderness League

Gwich'in Steering Committee (ourarcticrefuge.org)

International Porcupine Caribou Board

    · Does not appear to have a website, but see this Canadian government description.

Northerns Latitudes Partnerships

   · “The Northern Latitudes Partnerships include three regional partnerships in Alaska and western Canada.

      We work to help communities be culturally, environmentally, and economically secure in a rapidly

      changing North and envision a future where northern lands, waters, and ways of life are sustained for

      generations.”

Rivers Without Borders: A Transboundary Watershed Alliance

     · “ promotes and protects the extraordinary ecological and cultural values of the still largely pristine

       transboundary watersheds of southeast Alaska and northwest British Columbia. From north to south,

       these storied mountains-to-sea river systems are the Alsek-Tatshenshini, Chilkat, Taku, Whiting, Iskut-

       Stikine, and Unuk. We work with First Nations, Tribes, commercial fishermen, scientists, community

       leaders, businesses, conservation advocates, legal and technical experts, media, universities, and

       others to keep the transboundary region wild and thriving.

Scholars for Defending the Arctic Refuge

Porcupine Caribou Management Board

   • A Canadian intergovernmental group established under the Canadian Porcupine Caribou Management Agreement.


Cascadia & Pacific Northwest

    · Also see the Y2Y page, British Columbia at the Canada page and Alaska, Oregon & Washington at

      the US States page.

Cascadia Planet

Cascadia Field Guide

Columbia-Pacific Resource Conservation and Development

Columbia Basin Trust

Conservation Northwest

Craighead Environmental Research Institute

Ecotrust

For the Wild

Northwest Ecosystem Alliance

Northwest Ecosystem Institute

Northwest Environmental News

Pacific Biodiversity Institute

Pacific Northwest Ecosystem Research Consortium

Puget Sound Society for Conservation Biology

Tidepool: News for the Rainforest Coast


Columbia River Basin

Columbia Basin Trust

Ethics & Treaty Project

     One River, Ethics Matter

Salmon Superhighway


Boundary Waters

Conservationists With Common Sense (CWC)

Rainy Lake Conservancy


International Lake of the Woods

International Lake of the Woods Control Board @ IJC


Eastern North America

Eastern Wildway @ Wildlands Network

Northern Forest Canoe Trail

Quebec-Labrador Foundation


Niagara region

Faking Niagara Falls: A visual history

Frederick Law Olmsted and the Niagara Reservation

International Niagara Peace Park @ UB Regional Institute

International Niagara Peace Park @ Urban Design Project

Niagara Falls State Park

Niagara River Corridor: An Important Transnational Treasure

    · An effort to designate what would be North America's 1st transboundary Ramsar Site.


Algonquin to Adirondacks

Algonquin to Adirondacks Collaborative (A2A)

     A2A Trail

Algonquin to Adirondacks @ CPAWS Ottawa Valley


St. Croix River

St. Croix International Waterway Commission


Coastal Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Salmon Federation

     Canadian site


Gulf of Maine

Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation

Coastal Conservation Association-Maine (CCA-Maine)

Gulf of Maine Coastal Program @ USFWS

Gulf of Maine Council on the Marine Environment

     Gulf of Maine Association

Gulf of Maine Research Institute

     Climate Center


Canada-USA transboundary regions

These sections are mostly organized geographically, moving along the Canada-US border from west to east.