ABSTRACT
This chapter explores how one group attempts to transcend the divisions of the international border through ongoing collaboration. The people that live around the waters of Boundary Bay an inlet of the Strait of Georgia between British Columbia and Washington are reminded daily of the tensions between the 'borderlessness' of nature and the processes and acts of 'bordering'. It used the Shared Waters Alliance (SWA) to consider how the border is located in everyday life, as it relates to transboundary ecosystem management. The SWA example highlights the potential of local actors participating in transnational governance activities. The passion and local knowledge of the local actors create a dynamic institutional body, which may strengthen multi-jurisdictional governance mechanisms. The chapter shows how the SWA members interact with the border in attempts to transgress it for ecosystem conservation. Similar to other chapters in this volume, the narrative complicates the connection between borders and the sovereign state.
