The Water Quality Plan of Study Team for the Lake of the Woods Basin held eight public meetings from Aug. 11-15, racking up close to 2,500 kilometers (1,550 miles) of travel to hear the views of the people in the basin about its draft report. A 30-day public comment period on the draft Plan of…
Harmful Algal Blooms
The International Joint Commission (IJC) today expressed empathy for Toledo area residents affected by water contamination caused by toxins from excessive algae growth in Lake Erie and reiterated its call for action on reducing nutrient loading that contributes to the hazard.
The Lake Woods Water Sustainability Foundation (LOWWSF) and the International Joint Commission (IJC) are pleased to announce the release of the Rainy-Lake of the Woods State of the Basin Report, Second Edition.
A series of raucous, wet, and wild role-playing games involving children from Ontario and Michigan has brought home an important message about algae in the Great Lakes.
Can you find Lake Winnipeg on a map? It’s in North America, in the Canadian province of Manitoba, just above North Dakota and Minnesota in the U.S.
But the lake has a much larger footprint. It drains an area that takes in four Canadian provinces and four U.S. states.
We did it before, and we can do it again.
The International Joint Commission today released the report, A Balanced Diet for Lake Erie: Reducing Phosphorus Loadings and Harmful Algal Blooms.
On Thursday, February 27, 2014, the International Joint Commission will release the report of the Lake Erie Ecosystem Priority – A Balanced Diet for Lake Erie: Reducing Phosphorus Loadings and Harmful Algal Blooms.
The IJC aims to be instrumental in resolving and preventing water disputes, but we’re not musicians. We do, however, tune in to happenings in Canada and the U.S., and keep track of our traffic at IJC.org.
Overall, the news from the shared Canada-United States boundary was good.