Through the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, the Governments of the United States and Canada are committed to restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the waters of the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem. For more than two decades, numerous programs and measures have been undertaken towards this purpose.
Under Article VII of the Agreement, the International Joint Commission is charged to evaluate Agreement progress and provide advice to governments. To fulfill its mandate, the Commission requires data and information. To assist in reviewing these requirements and to develop a framework within which to conduct its evaluation and develop advice, the Commission established, in 1993, an Indicators for Evaluation Task Force.
The Task Force held an Issues Definition Session (December 2-3, 1993) and an Indicators Workshop (October 5-6, 1994), to acquaint itself with relevant activities and to identify specific indicators to evaluate Agreement progress. It subsequently developed a draft White Paper, which was circulated (May 1995) for review to the Commission's Boards and the Council, workshop participants, and selected others. Based on the comments received, the Task Force prepared a revised, final report containing findings, conclusions and recommendations. The report has been submitted to the Commission as a separate document, to which the reader is referred.
To obtain a copy of the report, please contact the International Joint Commission, 100 Ouellette Avenue - Eighth Floor, Windsor, Ontario N9A 6T3 or P.O. Box 32869, Detroit, Michigan 48232-2869.
Mr. Doug McTavish (Chairman)
International Joint Commission
Great Lakes Regional Office
100 Ouellette Ave., 8th Floor
Windsor, Ontario N9A 6T3
Mr. Bruce Bandurski
International Joint Commission
1250 23rd St. N.W., Suite 100
Washington, DC 20440
Dr. Martin P. Bratzel, Jr. (Secretary)
International Joint Commission
100 Ouellette Ave., 8th Floor
Windsor, Ontario N9A 6T3
Dr. John M. Cooley
Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Dept. of Fisheries & Oceans
P.O. Box 5050
867 Lakeshore Rd.
Burlington, Ontario L7R 4A6
Dr. Harold (Jack) Day
College of Environmental Science
University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
Dr. Ian Douglas Rutherford
Director General
State of the Environment Directorate
Environment Canada
Place Vincent Massey
351 St. Joseph, Ninth Floor
Hull, Quebec K1A 0H3
Dr. E.T. Smith
U.S. Geological Survey
407 National Center
Reston, Virginia 22092
Mr. Geoff Thornburn
Canadian Section
International Joint Commission
100 Metcalfe, 18th Floor
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5M1
Associate
Mr. Frank Anscombe
Policy Analyst
U.S. EPA-GLNPO
77 West Jackson Street (GS-9J)
Chicago, Illinois 60604