West Coast Ocean Partners

The West Coast Ocean Alliance brings together state, tribal and federal government partners in a collaborative non-regulatory forum to pursue consensus-driven activities carried out by members in support of the group’s Regional Vision on the West Coast of the U.S. The WCOA brings together its members through regular remote meetings and annual in-person meetings, while also supporting sub-regional working groups focused on specific coastal areas of the West Coast.

Participating Governments

States

• California (Leads: Ocean Protection Council and CA State Lands Commission)

• Oregon (Leads: Dept. of Land Conservation & Development and Dept. of Fish & Wildlife)

• Washington (Leads: Governor’s Office & Dept. of Natural Resources)

TRIBES

• Blue Lake Rancheria

• Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians

• Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde

• Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians

• Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation

• Coquille Tribe

• Elk Valley Rancheria

• Hoh Tribe

• Kashia Band of Pomo Indians

• Makah Tribe

• Ohlone Costanoan-Esselen Nation

• Quileute Tribe

• Quinault Indian Nation

• Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People

• Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation

• Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria Rancheria

• Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe

• Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians

• Yurok Tribe

Federal agencies

• NOAA

• U.S. Coast Guard (Dist. 11, Dist. 13)

• U.S. Dept. of Defense

• U.S. Dept. of Energy

• U.S. Dept. of Interior (including BIA, BLM, BOEM, BSEE, NPS, USFWS, USGS)

• U.S. Dept. of Transportation

• U.S. EPA (Region 9, Region 10)

• U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff

Participating Entities

Tribal organizations

• Northwest Indian FIsh Commission

• Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission

• Sacred Places Institute for Indigenous Peoples