Adaptive Management
The International Joint Commission (IJC) is reviewing Plan 2014 and could use your help. The plan spells out how much water is released from Lake Ontario through the St.
Terms of Reference for a Public Advisory Group in support of Phase 1 of the Expedited Review of Plan 2014 by the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Adaptive Management (GLAM) Committee
Canadian Members
- Jean‐François Belzile
Montreal Port Authority / RUSL
- Gilbert Cabana
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Sciences de l’Environnement
The IJC appointed…
Plan 2014 is the plan for regulating Lake Ontario outflows that went into effect in 2017. In two of the first three years after the plan was adopted, extremely wet conditions caused record floods on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.
The Adaptive Management Committee (AMC) was established in June 2020 following a recommendation in the Rainy and Namakan-Lakes Rule Curve review report of 2017 indicating a need for adaptive management to ensure…
As climate change intensifies existing challenges and presents new ones in the Great Lakes basin, there is an opportunity to learn from those whose history is intertwined with the region’s lands and waters.