Adaptive Management

Short-Term and Long-Term Strategy - For Evaluating and Improving the Rules for Managing Releases from Lakes Ontario and Superior

Learning from High Water Impacts on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River

The International Joint Commission (IJC) is reviewing Plan 2014 and could use your help. The plan spells out how much water is released from Lake Ontario through the St.

Public Advisory Group Membership

Canadian Members

  • Jean‐François Belzile
    Montreal Port Authority / RUSL
     
  • Gilbert Cabana
    Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
    Sciences de l’Environnement

Public Involvement in the Expedited Review of Plan 2014

The IJC appointed…

Overview of Expedited Review of Plan 2014

Plan 2014 is the plan for regulating Lake Ontario outflows that went into effect in 2017. In two of the first three years after the plan was adopted, extremely wet conditions caused record floods on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.

Adaptive Management Committee

The Adaptive Management Committee (AMC) was established in June 2020 following a recommendation in the Rainy and Namakan-Lakes Rule Curve review report of 2017 indicating a need for adaptive management to…

Indigenous Knowledge Leading on Climate Change Adaptation in the Great Lakes

As climate change intensifies existing challenges and presents new ones in the Great Lakes basin, there is an opportunity to learn from those whose history is intertwined with the region’s lands and waters.

Public Advisory Group on Plan 2014 holds first meeting

The Public Advisory Group appointed by the International Joint Commission (IJC) to assist with finding potential improvements to the regulation of Lake Ontario outflows held its first meeting on June 30. The meeting was held online.

A River Film - Documentary Film

If You Experienced High Water Impacts in 2019, We Need to Hear from You

Wet conditions throughout the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River basin in the spring of 2019 resulted in record or near-record high water levels this past summer on all of the Great Lakes.