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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

[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...

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...

Murray Charlton, MSc, a renowned Great Lakes researcher at Environment Canada’s National Water Research Institute at Burlington (Ontario), has been awarded the IJC Biennial Award for Great Lakes Science, the International Joint Commission (IJC) announced today. Mr. Charlton will receive the award...

Dr. David Schindler, one of North America’s most respected and honored freshwater ecologists, and Dr. David Suzuki, world-renowned scientist, author and broadcaster, will be joining the International Joint Commission (IJC) at its 2005 Great Lakes Conference and Biennial Meeting on the campus of...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) is calling on the public to help shape the review of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement at its 2005 Great Lakes Conference and Biennial Meeting. The meeting will be held on the campus of Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, on June 9-11, 2005.First...

The International Joint Commission's plan for an Upper Great Lakes Study will be revised to include an examination of the St. Clair River channel and its impact on water levels in Lakes Michigan and Huron, the Commission announced today.The earlier Upper Great Lakes Plan of Study, which was...

Today, at press conferences held at St-Armand/Philipsburg, Quebec, and Swanton, Vermont, the International Joint Commission issued its report on the potential transboundary impacts of the Missisquoi Bay causeway and the proposed new bridge.The Commission affirms the Task Force's finding that removal...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) is pleased to announce that it is holding two press conferences on March 31-one in Quebec and the other in Vermont-at which it will release its report, Transboundary Impacts of the Missisquoi Bay Causeway and the Missisquoi Bay Bridge Project. At each event...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) announced today that it has appointed the following six members to its eight-member St. Mary and Milk Rivers Administrative Measures Task Force. The members were appointed to serve in their personal and professional capacities and not as representatives of...

The Secretaries of the International Joint Commission (IJC) today issued the following statement in response to a report in the Detroit Free Press that the Regional Director of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement office said that she favours banning ocean-going vessels from entering the Great...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) announced today that it has appointed co-chairs to the St. Mary and Milk Rivers Administrative Measures Task Force. The co-chairs are Ross Herrington, senior water policy advisor to the Environmental Policy Branch of Environment Canada, Prairie and Northern...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) announced today that it intends to establish a St. Mary and Milk Rivers Administrative Measures Task Force to examine whether the existing administrative procedures in its 1921 Order under which water is apportioned between Southern Saskatchewan, Southern...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) today released the report of its International Missisquoi Bay Task Force and scheduled public hearings to receive comment on the report. In May of this year, the Canadian and United States federal governments asked the IJC to review plans by the State of...

As an independent binational agency entrusted with assessing progress and providing advice to the U.S. and Canada regarding Great Lakes restoration, the International Joint Commission (IJC) has been advising both governments about the threat to the lakes' ecosystem posed by the Asian carp. We are...

Release: ImmediateContact: Nick Heisler, (613) 794-8198 Ottawa, October 6, 2004 - The first Throne Speech of the Paul Martin's newly elected government emphasized the importance of the environment as an international issue, saying that the government "will continue to pursue multilateral and...

U.S and Canada Should Ratify IMO, Develop Stricter Rules for the Great Lakes Ennis, Ireland – At the 13th International Conference on Aquatic Invasive Species, the International Joint Commission (IJC) and the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) today released a document detailing progress in...

The International Joint Commission today released its Twelfth Biennial Report on Great Lakes Water Quality. This important report not only addresses the current issues facing the health and vitality of the Great Lakes – it triggers the official review, by the United States and Canada, of the...

WHAT: Release of the International Joint Commission's Twelfth Biennial Report on Great Lakes Water Quality. Telephone news conference announcing the Commission’s findings and recommendations from its assessment of the U.S. and Canadian federal, state and provincial governments’ progress and programs...

The International Joint Commission today made available to governments and the public its report on " Protection of the Waters of the Great Lakes – Review of the Recommendations in the February 2000 Report." The Commission recommended to governments in its 2000 report, " Protection of the Waters of...

The International Joint Commission and its International Missisquoi Bay Task Force will be holding public information meetings in Saint-Georges-de-Clarenceville, Quebec and Swanton/Highgate,Vermont during the last week of August to discuss the work that they are doing to assess the transboundary...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) has selected Dr. Mark F. Colosimo to serve as engineering advisor to its U.S. Section, effective June 28, 2004. Prior to joining the IJC, Mark worked for the Natural Resources Conservation Service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, where he managed clean...

Praises U.S. Army Corps for "Keeping its Promise" [Chicago] - The International Joint Commission (IJC) today thanked and commended the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers for beginning construction of the permanent Asian carp barrier on the Chicago Ship and Sanitary Canal. The barrier replaces a temporary...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) will hold public consultation sessions at the times and locations listed below to gather information on issues related to the apportionment of water between the United States and Canada from the St. Mary and Milk Rivers.

On June 15, 2004, the International Joint Commission (IJC) appointed the International Missisquoi Bay Task Force. The four-member Task Force, with equal representation from the United States and Canada, will examine and report to the IJC on questions regarding possible transboundary implications of...

What do you think about the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement? Does it need to be updated? Is the scope of the agreement still as sound in 2004 as it was in 1978? Do you have a vision for the future of the Lakes you want to share and shape? These are questions the governments of the U.S. and...

Are You Concerned? The International Joint Commission’s Health Professionals Task Force is holding a public meeting on June 14th, 2004, from 6 to 9 p.m. in Windsor, Ontario. The Task Force invites public comment on human health issues related to transboundary environmental concerns. The Task Force...

In a letter to Governor Bob Taft, chair of the Council of Great Lakes Governors, the International Joint Commission (IJC) urged the governors and ministers of the Great Lakes states and provinces to meet an urgent U.S. $1.8 million funding shortfall to complete the construction of a permanent...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) announced today that it has extended the authority for the Edison Sault Electric Company and Great Lakes Power Ltd. to conduct peaking and ponding operations in the St. Marys River, under the supervision of the IJC’s International Lake Superior Board of...

[Washington, DC] – In a statement provided to a congressional hearing today, both the U.S. and Canadian co-chairs of the International Joint Commission urged the U.S. Congress to take swift action to protect the Great Lakes from the onslaught of aquatic invasive species in ballast water. The hearing...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) has deferred its decision on whether to provide an additional two-year authorization to the Edison Sault Electric Company and Great Lakes Power Ltd. to conduct peaking and ponding operations in the St. Marys River, under the supervision of the IJC’s...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) today commended the U.S. and Canadian delegations to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) for their successful work in negotiating a ballast water convention after nearly seven years of consultations. In particular, the IJC praised a provision that...

The International Joint Commission today released a report targeting air quality in the Detroit/Windsor, Port Huron/Sarnia and Sault Ste. Marie areas of Michigan and Ontario. The new report finds that smog in these urban regions can be found at levels that compromise human health and have an...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) is considering granting the Edison Sault Electric Company and Great Lakes Power Ltd. the authority to conduct peaking and ponding operations in the St. Marys River, under the supervision of the IJC’s International Lake Superior Board of Control (the Board of...

Ottawa, February 10, 2004 – Today, the International Joint Commission (IJC) and the Great Lakes Fishery Commission (GLFC) urged adoption of a tough international convention to regulate ballast water. This week, more than 160 member countries of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) are...

Click here for the Full Report in: PDF Format HTML Format The International Joint Commission today released the report Summary of Critical Air Quality Issues in the Transboundary Region, highlighting a number of significant transboundary air quality issues facing Canada and the United States. The...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) has terminated its Orders of Approval governing the dykes surrounding Duck Lake, and the management of water levels inside Duck Lake, located on the Kootenay River at the north end of the Creston Valley in British Columbia. The IJC found that it no longer has...

Washington, December 16, 2003 - The International Joint Commission (IJC) announced today that it is adding two members to its International Rainy Lake Board of Control to give a stronger voice to local communities within the basin on both sides of the border and allow them to participate directly in...

OTTAWA, November 20 th, 2003 – Today, the Canadian Section of the International Joint Commission (IJC) and Library and Archives Canada (LAC) finalized a unique agreement. Under this agreement, the IJC will be able to transfer records of historical significance from its Canadian Section to Library...

IJC Releases Comments on St. Mary’s River Stage 2 Remedial Action Plan The International Joint Commission (IJC) today released its comments on the St. Mary’s River Stage 2 Remedial Action Plan. In its report, the IJC noted the implementation of major projects to reduce discharges from the city of...

OTTAWA, Ontario – Yesterday, the International Joint Commission launched its new web site. Still located at www.ijc.org, it is the result of several months of efforts. It features several new functions such as a virtual library, a search engine and an improved navigation system. While some sections...

Ann Arbor, Michigan, September 20, 2003 - Today, the Commissioners of the International Joint Commission concluded their two-day Great Lakes Conference and Biennial Meeting with a commitment to assist the Canadian and United States governments with their forthcoming review of the 1978 Great Lakes...

RECOGNIZING that the International Joint Commission (IJC) has, for nearly a century, prevented and resolved disputes between Canada and United States under the Boundary Waters Treaty by apportioning waters and managing levels and flows of the waters along the boundary, including the St. Lawrence...

The International Joint Commission (IJC) invites written comment on its Duck Lake Order of Approval governing the dykes surrounding Duck Lake, and the management of water levels inside Duck Lake, located on the Kootenay River at the north end of the Creston Valley. In February 2003, the IJC...

Ann Arbor, Michigan -- The Commissioners of the U.S. Section, International Joint Commission, (IJC) are pleased to announce that they have selected Elizabeth (Lisa) C. Bourget as Secretary of the U.S. Section. Ms. Bourget will assume responsibilities as U.S. Section Secretary immediately. The...