GLIN==> Public Meetings on Great Lakes Water Levels Study

Submitted by Jill Wingfield <wingfieldj at ottawa.ijc.org>

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The International Upper Great Lakes Study (IUGLS) has announced that, using 
web-conferencing technology, three additional public meetings will be held 
on July 7 and 8 in Fish Creek, WI, Collingwood, ON, and Mequon, WI, to 
solicit comments and answer questions on the draft report, Impacts on Upper 
Great Lakes Water Levels: St. Clair River. The Study has already held 
fourteen public meetings in communities around the Great Lakes basin.



July 7, 7-9pm CDT

Door County Auditorium

3926 Highway 42

FISH CREEK, WI  54212-0397



July 8, 7-9pm EDT

Town of The Blue Mountains

Mountain Springs Resort

Georgian Bay Room #1

796468 Grey County Rd. 19, RR#3

COLLINGWOOD, Ontario L9Y 3Z2

July 8, 6-8pm CDT

Concordia University Wisconsin

Albrecht #113

12800 N. Lake Shore Drive

MEQUON, WI 53097



For the past two years, more than 100 Canadian and U.S. scientists and 
engineers have worked together to address important questions, posed by the 
International Joint Commission, regarding the St. Clair River system that 
connects Lake Michigan-Huron to Lake Erie:

·         Has the conveyance or water-carrying capacity of the St. Clair 
River changed, and if so, why?

·         What effect could an altered flow have on water levels in the 
upper Great Lakes?

·         What other factors may be affecting the change in the water 
levels?

·         What actions, if any, should be taken by governments to remedy 
concerns about low water levels?

The meetings will include a presentation detailing the research, analysis, 
findings and recommendations of the draft report. Following the 
presentation, the public will have ample opportunity to provide their views 
regarding the findings and proposed recommendations.  Local members of the 
Study's Public Interest Advisory Group will host the meetings and Study 
experts will be on hand at each location to answer questions.


This report is the first output of the Study, which will continue to examine 
whether the regulation plan for outflows from Lake Superior through the 
compensating works and power dams on the St. Marys Riv­­­er at Sault Ste. 
Marie might be improved to take into consideration changing climate and 
evolving interests of property owners, ecosystems, local governments, the 
shipping sector, hydropower and the recreation/tourism industry.


The draft report, a summary of the findings and other important information 
is available at www.iugls.org