Editing Port Townsend, Washington (section)

===Environment and ecology===
A non-binding resolution was passed by the city council in 2022 declaring that a local sub-group of [[killer whales]], known as the [[Southern resident orcas]], have [[rights of nature]] and should be protected due to the orca's significant "cultural, spiritual, and economic" value to the state and its citizens.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mercado |first1=Angely |title=A City in Washington Wants to Give Orcas Their Own Version of Human Rights |url=https://gizmodo.com/orcas-washington-legal-rights-animal-personhood-1849864751 |access-date=January 16, 2023 |work=Gizmodo |date=December 8, 2022}}</ref> The U.S. government has exclusive jurisdiction more than three miles offshore.<ref>{{citation|title=Q&A: What is the jurisdiction of Washington State and local governments under the Shoreline Management Act?|date=June 26, 2015 |url=https://www.msp.wa.gov/qa-what-is-the-jurisdiction-of-washington-state-and-local-governments-under-the-shoreline-management-act/|website=Washington Marine Spatial Planning|publisher=State Ocean Caucus (state Governor's office et al.}}</ref>