Climate experts and IJC board members are working to assess the impacts of future flooding in the Lake Champlain-Richelieu River (LCRR) basin.
The Healing Our Waters-Great Lakes Coalition hosts its annual Great Lakes Conference from May 8-9 in Detroit, Michigan. The annual conference brings together more than 300 Great Lakes advocates, scientists, citizens and government leaders to discuss challenges and opportunities in the ongoing…
Public utilities have been referred to as “invisible networks” that are out of sight and mind until something goes wrong. Some of North America’s water delivery and wastewater collection infrastructure is aging, in disrepair and overdue for substantial reinvestment.
Once a whimsical feature of sci-fi novels and movies, autonomy is one of today’s biggest advancements in transportation, industry and science as new technologies are developed for use on land, air and sea.
There were few surprises regarding how the plans used to regulate the outflows from Lake Superior and Lake Ontario performed during the record high rainfall and high water conditions of 2017.
The IJC’s Great Lakes- St. Lawrence Adaptive Management (GLAM) Committee is interested in improving the understanding of how Great Lakes coastal wetlands change over time in response to fluctuating water levels.
(July 25, 2017 - September 1, 2017) The IJC established the Study Board in the summer of 2015 and charged it "to evaluate options for regulating levels and flows in the Rainy-Namakan Lakes system in order to benefit affected interests and the system as a whole in a manner that conforms to the…
Among the winners of new rule curves for Rainy and Namakan lakes are vital fish species like cisco and lake whitefish, the water-based recreation industry and muskrats. The curves went into effect this month.