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Alewives and the St. Croix River: An Adaptive Management Plan
The plan’s purpose is to restore the sea-run (anadromous) alewife, a native fish species, to the St. Croix River basin, while maintaining the basin’s smallmouth bass fishery at current or higher levels. Because the alewife must swim upstream to spawn, they are vital to the food webs and nutrient cycles of marine, freshwater and land habitats in the basin. As bait, they help support coastal fisheries and lobstering. Fossil evidence shows alewife were present in the basin from prehistoric times.
Public Meeting in Princeton, Maine on August 4, 2010
Public Consultations on St. Clair River Report
The International Upper Great Lakes Study Board released its final report on the Impacts on Upper Great Lakes Water Levels: St. Clair River on December 15, 2009. The binational team of scientists, with extensive public input, found that climate is the main driver of lake level relationships. The report on the St. Clair River is part of a broader evaluation of the regulation of Lake Superior outflows that is expected to produce recommendations in 2012. View the record of public comments received on the report.
Review of the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Order of Approval
The International Joint Commission is reviewing water levels and flows regulation for the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River system. After considering public comment on a draft proposal released in March, 2008, Commissioners proposed that a Working Group, composed of senior representatives of the IJC and the governments of Canada, United States, Quebec, Ontario and New York be established to assist in determining the way forward.
Visit our 2009 Biennial Meeting website and view the 2007-2009 Great Lakes Work Group reports
Visit our Boundary Waters Treaty Centennial Website.
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