Agreements Regarding Wildlife Response Activities. To provide an efficient and coordinated response, principal federal and state fish and wildlife trustees may enter into cooperative agreements regarding a variety of issues that arise during spills of oil and toxic substances. These issues include agency response roles, reconnaissance, capture, treatment, rehabilitation, and release of injured wildlife. Because oil spills can occur across state and national borders, agreements have been established with all western states and British Columbia. The states of Alaska, California, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington, and the province of British Columbia, entered into a Memorandum of Cooperation in June 2001. This memorandum was developed by the Pacific States–British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force to ensure effective coordination between the states and British Columbia in the event of a spill. The Pacific States/British Columbia Oil Spill Task Force Mutual Aid Plan (Revised 2009 version) can be implemented to support wildlife operations by requesting equipment and personnel from adjoining states. The Wildlife Branch Director will make recommendations to the Unified Command when additional assistance (mutual aid) is needed. The Canada-United States Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan (CANUSPAC) is intended to facilitate international cooperation during a marine spill response in the Pacific Northwest (xxxx://xxx.xxx- xxx.xx.xx/xxxxxx/00000/xxxx/xxxxxxxx_xxx-xxx.xxx). This plan contains a robust Annex on managing wildlife issues during a transboundary response. The Canada-United States Joint Inland Pollution Contingency Plan (CANUSWEST) provides for similar coordination in the inland areas (xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxx/files/canuswest.pdf ).
