In May of 1997, Governor Gary Locke and agency heads signed a memorandum agreeing to establish a forum to serve as the "...formal and ongoing institutional framework to promote interagency communication, coordination and policy direction on environmental and natural resource issues."
Curt Smitch, Special Assistant to Governor Locke for
Natural Resources Larry Cassidy, Member, Pacific
Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council Martha Choe, Director, Office
of Trade and Economic Development Tom Fitzsimmons, Director, Department
of Ecology Jim Jesernig, Director, Department
of Agriculture Laura Johnson, Director, Interagency
Committee for Outdoor Recreation Tom Karier, Member, Pacific
Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Planning Council Jeff Koenings, Director, Department
of Fish and Wildlife Nancy McKay, Chair, Puget
Sound Water Quality Action Team Steve Meyer, Executive Director, Conservation
Commission Sid Morrison, Secretary, Department
of Transportation Busse Nutley, Director, Office
of Community Development Cleve Pinnix, Director, Parks
and Recreation Commission Mary Selecky, Secretary, Department
of Health Terry Williams, Tribal Representative,
Tulalip Tribes