Water Matters

IJC activities and other cooperative work on the health and flows of waters along the entire boundary. Read the February 2019 Newsletter

 

alewives swimming

Gauging Alewife Populations Online

The St. Croix River system contains a series of dams which fish that live part of their lives in the ocean, such as alewives, must navigate in order to spawn each year. An IJC-funded project aims to bring a population model for alewives online.

souris study feedback

Workshops Bring Binational Perspectives to Souris River Study Work

A current study in the Souris River basin will recommend improvements to the 1989 international agreement that governs the operation of the four major dams in Saskatchewan and North Dakota.

University of Vermont Climatologist Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux provides an overview

Lake Champlain–Richelieu River Study Holds Climate Risk Workshop

Climate experts and IJC board members are working to assess the impacts of future flooding in the Lake Champlain-Richelieu River (LCRR) basin.

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‘I am the river; the river is me’ – Legal Personhood for Waters

The phrase, “I am the river; the river is me,” was at the heart of the message presented during this year’s keynote at the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Water Symposium held in Niagara Falls, Ontario. 
rainy river

Reviewing and Updating Water Quality Objectives and Alert Levels in Rainy-Lake of the Woods

A project by the IJC’s Rainy-Lake of the Woods Watershed Board, which began in 2018, aims to review and update water quality objectives and alert levels in the basin.

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