Water Matters

The International Lake Champlain-Richelieu River Study Board was created in 2017 to respond to a request by the Canadian and US governments to explore the causes, impacts and risks of flooding in the Lake Champlain-Richelieu River basin and recommend solutions.

2021 marks the 75th anniversary of the International Osoyoos Lake Board of Control, which was established by order of the International Joint Commission (IJC) on September 12, 1946, in response to prior flooding of Osoyoos Lake’s shoreline, particularly during the summer of 1942.

More than a half million fish passed through Milltown Dam on their way up the St. Croix River to spawn this year, a powerful sign of how alewife populations are recovering in the region now that access has been restored to the upstream reaches of the river.

In the final year of its mandate, experts with the International Lake Champlain-Richelieu River Flood Study are documenting their research in various reports.