Great Lakes Connection

After a little more than one week on the job, the IJC’s new Commissioners visited Greece, New York, to observe flooding impacts firsthand and have since visited and spoken with people in flooded areas in Toronto, Ontario, around Montreal and Lake Saint Pierre, Quebec, and in o

Watermarks are stories about personal connections to a body of water. For scientists, the bond may relate to research. The stories they share provide a meaningful and important perspective on waters in the Great Lakes region.

To some people, a sand dune conjures up an image of an exotic place somewhere far, far away. But residents in the Great Lakes basin don't have to travel far with the world's largest body of freshwater coastal dunes in their backyard. 

Several projects under the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement were previously approved by Commissioners and are near completion. Final reports will be coming before new Commissioners for approval in the months ahead.