Publications

Board publications include reports, fact sheets, infographics, and presentations. Contractor reports are documents created on behalf of, or in coordination with, the IJC or its boards. Government reports are documents developed by US or Canadian local/provincial/state/federal government that are of interest to the IJC or board.

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Great Lakes Climate Adaptation Resource Guide
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The IJC's Great Lakes Water Quality Board created this Great Lakes Climate Adaptation Resource Guide with materials to help small and medium-sized Great Lakes communities integrate Great Lakes water topics into their climate adaptation and resilience strategies. The resource guide is intended to...
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Great Lakes Water Quality Board

2024 Great Lakes Regional Poll
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The Great Lakes Water Quality Board completed its fourth Great Lakes Regional Poll in 2024. The 2024 Great Lakes Regional Poll results provide a snapshot of Great Lakes residents' views on topics including: the importance to protect the Great Lakes environmental health and water quality, and...
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Great Lakes Water Quality Board

Climate Change and Adaptation in the Great Lakes
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In January 2017 the WQB produced a Climate Change and Adaption in the Great Lakes project summary that focused on the need for coordinated binational action in developing a climate adaption and resiliency strategy for the Great Lakes. The WQB undertook follow-up work to explore ways to advance...
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Great Lakes Water Quality Board

2015 Binational Great Lakes Basin Poll
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Oraclepoll Research Limited was commissioned by the International Joint Commission’s (IJC) Great Lakes Water Quality Board (WQB) to conduct a telephone survey of residents living in the Great Lakes basin catchment area. The survey was intended to establish baseline data across an array of...
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Great Lakes Water Quality Board

Great Lakes Water Quality Board - PBDEs in the Great Lakes - March 2016
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This report provides the recommendations of the Water Quality Board's Legacy Issues Work Group, with regard to the development of a strategy by the governments of Canada and the United States to address polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the Great Lakes.
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Great Lakes Water Quality Board

Climate Change and Water Quality in the Great Lakes Basin
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The report provides advice and recommendations of the Great Lakes Water Quality Board to the International Joint Commission on the implications and impacts of climate change on Great Lakes water quality and beneficial uses, and how address such changes.
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Great Lakes Water Quality Board