• A photo of the Rainy-Lake of the Woods Basin.

    Board releases 2024 Annual Report

    Please click here for the Board's 2024 Annual Report.

  • A photo of the Rainy-Lake of the Woods Basin.

    Board releases 2024 Annual Report

    Please click here for the Board's 2024 Annual Report.

  • A beautiful view of Rainy River looking east from near Baudette, MN

    International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board Water Levels Committee Announces Initial Spring Regulation Plan for Rainy and Namakan Lakes

  • A beautiful view of Rainy River looking east from near Baudette, MN

    International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board Water Levels Committee Announces Initial Spring Regulation Plan for Rainy and Namakan Lakes

  • rainy water levels committee

    La science citoyenne peut contribuer à se préparer aux futures inondations dans le bassin du lac des Bois et de la rivière à la Pluie

Conseil international du bassin du lac des Bois et de la rivière à la Pluie

The International Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board (the Board) was created in January 2013, from an amalgamation of the International Rainy Lake Board of Control and the International Rainy River Water Pollution Board, with added water quality responsibilities for the broader Rainy-Lake of the Woods watershed. The Board was formed to assist with binational coordination of water quality efforts for the entire transboundary watershed and to ensure compliance with the Commission’s Order on the regulation of water levels on Rainy Lake and the Namakan Reservoir.

 

Roles and responsibilities in the basin

Water levels in the Rainy-Lake of the Woods watershed are managed binationally by multiple entities in the US and Canada.

High water forecast information

Latest flood forecasts and guidance, updated every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday:

 Ontario Ministry of Northern Development, Mines, Natural Resources and Forestry Floods page

 U.S. National Weather Service Rainy River Basin page