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Saturday, December 6 from 9 – 10, CBC Radio One will be covering the Lake Ontario and
the St. Lawrence River study on the program called “The House”. There will be
a podcast and download online for those who do not get the CBC. Regards, Gail Dr. Gail Krantzberg From:
owner-glin-announce@great-lakes.net
[mailto:owner-glin-announce@great-lakes.net] On Behalf Of Brent Gibson Save The River/Upper
St. Lawrence Riverkeeper || Great Lakes United Citizens
Campaign for the Environment || Environmental Advocates of New York IJC Plan Fails the People and the Environment Joint
Statement on the Release of the International Joint Commission’s Draft
Water Levels Plan for St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario March 28, 2008 – In a press conference held
this morning, the International Joint Commission announced a draft water level
regulation plan – called Plan 2007 – which does nothing to end fifty years of
documented environmental degradation along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence
River. After more than five years of study funded
by $20-million taxpayer dollars, the IJC has the opportunity to select a
scientifically-based and publicly supported management plan – Plan B+ – which
would have delivered significant environmental improvements to the region.
Instead, the IJC has turned its back on the Lake and River environment by
proposing a plan that continues, and perhaps even worsens, the environmental
destruction of the Lake and River. Since the completion of the Moses-Saunders
hydropower dam 50 years ago, the Lake and River ecosystems have suffered
consistent losses to their globally significant biodiversity due to unnatural
and damaging water levels regulation. The current regulation scheme has
artificially constrained water levels, resulting in considerable damage to more
than 50% of the region’s coastal wetlands and significant impacts to many fish
species and nesting water birds. Plan 2007 represents ‘business as usual’
for the Lake and River environment, and is therefore an unacceptable direction
for the region. Specifically, Plan 2007:
Despite overwhelming public and scientific
support, the IJC has rejected the environmentally responsible choice for the
Lake and River – Plan B+. The above groups, representing hundreds of thousands
of citizens with an interest in the health of the Lake and River, reject the
IJC’s draft plan and demand that the IJC make the right decision for the
ecological health of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River by implementing
Plan B+. For more information contact: Jennifer
Caddick Save
The River/Upper St. Lawrence Riverkeeper Office:
315-686-2010 Cell:
315-767-2802 John
Jackson Great
Lakes United 519-744-7503 Dereth
Glance Citizens
Campaign for the Environment 315-472-1339 Katherine
Nadeau Environmental
Advocates of New York 518-462-5526
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