In partnership with the state and local governments in the border regions of the United States, EPA has forged working relationships with Canada and Mexico in order protect, improve, and conserve the ecosystems shared by all three countries. In the United States-Mexico Border XXI Program, the United States and Mexico's federal entities work cooperatively toward sustainable development, protection of human health and the environment, and proper management of natural resources in both countries. The U.S. has similarly joined with Environment Canada to pursue common environmental goals such as the Binational Toxics Strategy and the Great Lakes Management Plan.

Recommended EPA Web pages

• U.S. Mexico Border Environmental Program: Border 2012
  Information on program to protect the environment and public health in the U.S.-Mexico border region, consistent with the principles of sustainable development.
• Bi - Lateral Border Programs
  To protect the environment along the US / Mexican and US / Canadian borders, we have made agreements to prevent, prepare, and respond to chemical accidents.
• Great Lakes
  The homepage for the EPA Great Lakes Program. Contains links to Great Lakes information in many topics.