Adaptive Management Projects

This project has been planned to weave Indigenous knowledge and values into adaptive management of lake levels through a review of existing and prospective new performance indicators for rule curve operation by Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty #3. This will ensure the Adaptive Management Committee (AMC)...

This project will be used to collect bathymetric data for the Rainy River below Manitou Rapids, through to Fourmile Bay on Lake of the Woods. These bathymetric data will be used to improve a digital elevation model (DEM) for Rainy River and will feed into the new Integrated Socio-Economic and...

This purpose of this study is to complete a study of Walleye spawning sites on Rainy Lake and of Lake Whitefish spawning sites on Rainy Lake and the lakes of Namakan Reservoir. The project will support improvements to existing lake level performance indicators for these important fish species...

As part of the International Rainy Lake of the Woods Watershed Board’s implementation of the IJC’s climate change guidance framework, the Adaptive Management Committee engaged water resources experts, IJC staff, and the public in a half-day, in-person workshop in Fort Frances, ON on the margins of...

The purpose of this project is to create a Hydrologic Visualization Tool web application for Rainy Lake, Namakan Reservoir, and Rainy River in support of adaptive management of lake levels. This work will provide a tool to assist the International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board and its...

The purpose of this project is to update and integrate historic models developed for the 2015-2018 Rainy-Namakan Rule Curve Study into a single, Integrated Socio-Economic and Environmental (ISEE) System. Two Integrated Ecosystem Response Models (IERM) were used in the Rule Curve study to evaluate...