Harmful Algal Blooms

Yeah Buoy! – The Emergence of the Nearshore Smart Buoy Network in the Great Lakes

Over the last decade, the number of buoys reporting real-time weather observations has more than tripled from 20 in 2009 to nearly 60 in 2019.

Contaminants, Climate Change, Collaboration and Education Dominate Public Meeting Conversations in June

Flooding is impacting all of the Great Lakes and understandably dominating headlines and concerns of shoreline communities.  At the IJC’s first public consultations of 2019 to consider progress to restore and protect the lakes, researchers and residents reaffirmed that water quality issues also…

Step In and Speak Out for the Great Lakes in 2019

Across the Great Lakes region, residents overwhelmingly value the lakes and everything they provide – recreationally, economically and aesthetically. In binational polls taken by an IJC board, in person, and in letters and emails, citizens have expressed a deep caring for and desire to protect the…

Basinwide Partnership Seeks to Advance New Era of Water Management

Shoreline communities throughout the Great Lakes basin face many of the same challenges related to water. But solutions vary when it comes those challenges, which include seasonal flooding, aging or inadequate infrastructure and beaches that are unsafe for families to enjoy. 

IJC Review Seeks Global Perspective on Solving Water Quality Issues

The International Joint Commission (IJC) is looking beyond the borders of North America to find potential solutions to issues of excess nutrients in basins shared by Canada and the United States.

Oceanographer Sees Art from the Air in the Great Lakes

Andrea VanderWoude studies Great Lakes conditions from the window of a plane. A hyperspectral camera on the aircraft also comes in handy.

IJC review of nutrient loading and impacts in lakes Champlain and Memphremagog reaches half-way mark

The International Joint Commission (IJC) has submitted its interim report to the Governments of Canada and the United States in response to the October 2017 request regarding the persistent issues of nutrient loading and harmful algal blooms in Missisquoi Bay, Lake Champlain and the Richelieu River…

Human Health Effects of Cyanobacterial Toxins in the Great Lakes Region: A Science and Monitoring Assessment

Evaluating Watershed Management Plans: Nutrient Management Approaches in the Lake Erie Basin and Key Locations Outside of the Lake Erie Basin

Watershed Management Plans to Reduce Nutrient Pollution in Lake Erie

(February 6, 2018 - March 7, 2018) The IJC invited public comment on two reports outline how watershed management plans should be used to manage nutrient pollution in Lake Erie, and provide recommendations for key success factors needed to achieve meaningful nutrient load reductions.