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The Governments of Canada and the United States have asked the International Joint Commission (the Commission) to coordinate initiatives in both countries to reduce phosphorus loading to Missisquoi Bay on Lake Champlain. "We are pleased to take on this important binational work, which builds upon...
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The Commissioners of the International Joint Commission (IJC) of Canada and the United States wish to thank the public, elected officials and the state and provincial governments for their participation in the IJC's comment period, which ended on July 11, 2008. Commissioners believe that the comment...
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At a Rotary Luncheon today in Niagara Falls Ontario, the International Joint Commission (IJC) of Canada and the United States and the Niagara 10 Leaders announced preliminary details for plans for the Niagara Falls region to be the backdrop to an historic event to be held on Saturday, June 13, 2009...
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Announcing the " Great Lakes Great Video Awards" Care about the Great Lakes? Show us how you would keep them Great! Post your Video Message about why you love the Great Lakes, or what people and governments should be doing to keep them great to the Keep the Great Lakes Great Video Contest at YOUTUBE...
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The International Joint Commission today released two reports dealing with transboundary air quality: (a) Synthesis of Public Comment on the 2006 Progress Report under the Canada-United States Air Quality Agreement and (b) Second Summary of Critical Air Quality Issues in the Transboundary Region...
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Windsor—The IJC’s next Biennial Meeting will take place on October 7-8, 2009, in Windsor, Ontario. The meetings will be held at the St. Clair Centre for the Arts. The IJC holds a Biennial Meeting every two years to hear from scientists and the public about issues relating to the Great Lakes Water...
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Cornwall - The International Joint Commission of Canada and the United States today released for public comment a proposed new Order of Approval and a proposed new plan, called Plan 2007, for regulating the flows through the Moses-Saunders Dam between Cornwall, Ontario and Massena, New York. For...
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The International Joint Commission (IJC) will release a proposed new Order of Approval and regulation plan for public comment on the regulation of water levels and flows of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River through the Moses-Saunders Dam at Cornwall, Ontario, and Massena, New York, on March 28...
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Niagara Falls will be the backdrop to an historic event on Saturday, June 13, 2009 when the International Joint Commission (IJC) of Canada and the United States meets with the Niagara 10 Leaders to celebrate the centennial of the Boundary Waters Treaty which created the IJC. “We are excited to be...
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The International Joint Commission (IJC) said today that a proposed new Order of Approval and Plan to regulate water levels and flows of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River through the Moses-Saunders Dam at Cornwall, Ontario, and Massena, New York, will be announced on March 31, 2008, jointly in...
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The International Joint Commission today released a summary report prepared by its International Red River Board (the Board) on Parasites and Pathogens of Fish from Devils Lake, Sheyenne River, Red River, and the Red River Delta. Report for the Fall 2006 Program. This summary report represents the...
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The International Joint Commission and the International Upper Great Lakes Study (IUGLS) congratulate Dr. James P. Bruce for the seminal role he played in helping to launch the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). At a ceremony in Oslo, Norway on December 10th, Dr. Bruce participated as...
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The International Joint Commission of Commission of the U.S. and Canada today announced the appointment of David Irish, Dan Thomas, James Weakley and Jeff Vito to the Public Interest Advisory Group (PIAG) that is advising the International Upper Great Lakes Study (IUGLS). Given the urgency of moving...
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Ottawa, Canada - The International Joint Commission announced today that its International Upper Great Lakes Study Board will expedite its study of the St. Clair River to determine whether there are ongoing channel changes leading to a potential increased conveyance capacity of the channel and...
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Nijmegan, The Netherlands, Monday September 24, 2007, 11am The Rt. Hon. Herb Gray, the Canadian Chair of the International Joint Commission of Canada and the United States in his remarks to the Opening Plenary Session of the 15th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species today recommended...
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For immediate releaseAttention: Environment, international affairs, tourism and boating, energy editors and reporters Ottawa and Washington: September 10, 2007 – The International Joint Commission today announced it will extend the consultation period with governments to allow more time for...
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Ottawa / Washington - The International Joint Commission is pleased to announce that its International Upper Great Lakes Study (IUGLS) Public interest Advisory Group (PIAG) began its work with its first meeting on July 31 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Drawing primarily on Great Lakes region residents, the...
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The International Joint Commission (Commission) today released a statement announcing a timetable for its process to review the regulation of water levels and flows on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River (see below). The International Joint Commission was established under the Boundary Waters...
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To publicly recognize that great science is key to the successful restoration of the Great Lakes, the International Joint Commission (IJC) today announced that Dr. Gerald J. Niemi is the 2007 recipient of the IJC's Biennial Award for Great Lakes Science. Dr. Niemi, Director of the Center for Water...
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The International Joint Commission of Canada and the U.S. (IJC) is pleased to announce the membership of its International Upper Great Lakes Study Board. The five-year Upper Great Lakes Study will seek to determine whether the regulation of Lake Superior outflows pursuant to the order and plan can...
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Mr. Stewart Brand will present the keynote address "Eco-Pragmatism," a concept which is also the topic of his forthcoming book , at the International Joint Commission's Great Lakes Biennial Meeting and Conference in Chicago. The address will kick off the biennial meeting at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday...
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Water, water everywhere, but how much can we drink? The role of the Great Lakes as the largest source of fresh, surface water in the world is in the news every day. And worries about global warming have only made the question of Great Lakes sustainability more urgent. In the spirit of international...
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Please join us! The IJC is pleased to announce its 2007 Great Lakes Biennial Meeting and Conference, to be held on the campus of the University of Illinois Chicago ( web site), in Chicago, Illinois June 6 – 8, 2007. About the Great Lakes Biennial Meeting and Conference The event begins Wednesday...
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The International Joint Commission (IJC) today issued a supplementary order (below) for emergency regulation of the level of Rainy Lake and other boundary waters in the Rainy Lake watershed, effective February 27, 2007.
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CHICAGO. In its Thirteenth Biennial Report on Great Lakes Water Quality, released today, the International Joint Commission recommends that the governments of Canada and the United States create and apply an uncommonly strong Accountability Framework for Great Lakes restoration and protection under...
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The International Joint Commission will welcome nominations for its 2007 Great Lakes Science Award from now through February 19, 2007. This Award was established in 2002 to publicly recognize the importance of science and engineering in the management of the Great Lakes by creating the Great Lakes...
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In a special report, released today, the International Joint Commission of Canada and the United States recommends that the two federal governments replace the current Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement with a shorter and more action-oriented document. The Commission urges that the new agreement be...
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International Joint Commission recommends improved notification, monitoring, reporting and prevention of spills in the Great Lakes Basin [Mt. Clemens, Michigan] – The International Joint Commission today urged the all levels of government in the United States and Canada to coordinate and improve...
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The International Joint Commission's (IJC's) Science Advisory Board hosted an "International Symposium on Urban Impacts – Global Lessons for the Great Lakes" in Chicago, Illinois, on September 25-26, 2006. The Symposium is part of a two-year examination of information and issues by IJC Great Lakes...
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IJC Completes Review of Stage 2 Remedial Action Plan for Thunder Bay, Ontario - Chairman Gray's Letter to Minister MacKay (PDF Document; 0.04 MB), Chairman Schornack's Letter to Secretary Rice (PDF Document; 2.5 MB)
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IJC Completes Review of Stage 2 Remedial Action Plan for Thunder Bay, Ontario - Chairman Gray's Letter to Minister MacKay (PDF Document; 0.04 MB), Chairman Schornack's Letter to Secretary Rice (PDF Document; 2.5 MB)
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The International Joint Commission (IJC) has extended the period for public comment on the report of its International Lake Ontario–St. Lawrence River Study Board until September 15, 2006 following the release of the Annexes to the report. The Study Board reviewed the regulation of water levels and...
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The International Joint Commission (IJC) commends the exemplary cooperation among all levels of government that resulted in restoring the beneficial uses of waters in the Oswego River Area of Concern. "The many people who worked on the Oswego River Remedial Action Plan have demonstrated that by...
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The International Joint Commission (IJC) has released its Update of the International Joint Commission’s 1998 Report "Unsafe Dams?" Seven Years Later—What Has Changed? Since the 1998 report, and after September 11, 2001 in particular, agencies in both countries at the federal, state and provincial...
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The International Joint Commission will hold a 60-day public comment period on the report of its International Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Study Board, which was released today. The Study Board report presents the Commission with options for regulating the outflows from Lake Ontario through the...
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The International Joint Commission of Canada and the United States (IJC) announced today that it is starting a major study of the upper Great Lakes. The study area includes lakes Superior, Michigan, Huron and Erie, and their interconnecting channels (St. Mary's River, St. Clair River, Lake St. Clair...
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The International Joint Commission of Canada and the United States (IJC) today urged the U.S. Congress to approve emergency funding to keep the original, demonstration dispersal barrier (Barrier 1) for Asian carp in operation until the new, permanent barrier (Barrier 2) is completed. Current plans...
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Today the IJC released a report, Synthesis of Public Comment on the Forthcoming Review by the Federal Governments of Canada and the United States of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The report captures the views of more than 4,100 people and organizations who participated in a public...
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MEDIA RELEASE April 18, 2006 International St. Mary-Milk Rivers Administrative Measures Task Force Releases Report and Announces Public Meetings The International St. Mary-Milk Rivers Administrative Measures Task Force (Task Force) today released its report on potential administrative options for...
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The International Joint Commission (IJC) today released a synthesis of public comments on progress under the United States-Canada Air Quality Agreement. The synthesis conveys the views of organizations and individuals in Canada and the United States on the progress toward meeting the goals of the...
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The International Joint Commission (IJC) released a paper today on strengthening capacities in watersheds to prevent and resolve transboundary disputes. The report proposes that the IJC's boards in three watersheds - the St. Croix River (Maine and New Brunswick), the Red River (Minnesota, Manitoba...
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The International Joint Commission (IJC) is pleased to announce the receipt of a report by the Water Science and Technology Board of the U.S. National Research Council, in collaboration with the Royal Society of Canada, which provides a review of select components of the IJC's Lake Ontario-St...
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The IJC's Upper Lakes Plan of Study Revision Team has updated the 2002 plan of study to investigate improvements to Lake Superior outflow regulation. This document is now available on the the IJC website. In May 2005, the IJC appointed the Upper Lakes Study Revision Team to expand the 2002 Plan of...
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Today, the International Joint Commission (IJC) extended to December 31, 2005, the deadline for interested parties to submit their views with respect to a request from the Canadian Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fishery Commission concerning Grand Coulee Dam. On April 25, 2003, the Canadian Columbia...
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The Rt. Hon. Herb Gray, Canadian Chair of the International Joint Commission of Canada and the United States (IJC), will attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the Red River Floodway Expansion Project in Winnipeg on Friday, September 23, 2005. The floodway expansion project is a response by the...
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The International Joint Commission (IJC) is inviting the public to a series of meetings in 14 cities across the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River basin in Canada and the United States in October and November. Participants will be asked to express their views on what needs to be done to protect...
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August 15, 2005 Today, the International Joint Commission (IJC) extended to October 31 the deadline for interested parties to submit their views with respect to a request from the Canadian Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fishery Commission concerning Grand Coulee Dam. On April 25, 2003, the Canadian...
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June 28, 2005 On April 25, 2003, the Canadian Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fishery Commission (CCRIFC) asked the International Joint Commission (IJC) to issue such further Orders as may be necessary in order to require the Applicant for the IJC's 1941 Order of Approval for Grand Coulee Dam and...
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[KINGSTON, ONTARIO] – The governments of Canada and the United States have asked the International Joint Commission (IJC) to seek the public's views on their upcoming review of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The public consultation process starts today at the IJC's Biennial Meeting in...
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The International Joint Commission has appointed a binational team of experts to revise its plan for an Upper Great Lakes Study. An Upper Great Lakes Study would review the IJC orders of approval for regulating the flows out of Lake Superior and to examine water level impacts on affected interests...
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