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Since being appointed in September 2024, the members of the International Elk-Kootenai/y Watershed Study Board have been hard at work developing a Plan of Study for its work over the two-year mandate it is directed to undertake by the International Joint Commission (IJC). 
This summer, Canadian and US scientists will “cruise” the Great Lakes, conducting monitoring and sampling. They will gather essential data that helps track the status and trends of the lakes’ water quality and environmental health.
The International Kootenay Lake Board of Control has expanded its membership and will be reviewing its mandate with the future in mind.
A newly formed task force is reviewing how water is managed and shared on the Poplar River, which rises in the province of Saskatchewan and flows into the state of Montana as a tributary to the Missouri River.
“Actions to curb plastics pollution are essential to protect the Great Lakes and are needed now more than ever. But you can’t know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’ve been,” said former IJC Great Lakes Regional Office Director Heather Stirratt.
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