GLIN==> IJC expands the scope of the International Upper Great Lakes Study

In response to the International Upper Great Lakes Study's report on the
St. Clair River, and comments from the public on the report, the
International Joint Commission (IJC) has issued a letter to the Study
Board <http://www.ijc.org/rel/pdf/Letter_of_Direction_to_IUGLS_en.pdf>
providing guidance on the ongoing work of the International Upper Great
Lakes Study. The IJC has also issued letters to the Governments
<http://www.ijc.org/rel/pdf/Letter_to_Governments_of_Direction_to_IUGLS_
en.pdf>  of Canada and the United States to inform them of this
guidance.

 

In this regard, the IJC has directed the Study Board to undertake an
exploratory investigation of how raising the water-level regimes on
Lakes Michigan and Huron by different amounts would affect interests on
the Great Lakes system from Lake Superior to the St. Lawrence River.
With respect to the second recommendation of the report, the Commission
has agreed with the Study Board that it also review mitigative options
based on potential climate change impacts.

 

The full text of this announcement
<http://www.ijc.org/rel/news/2010/101001_e.htm> , and a document with
Key Issues and IJC Responses
<http://www.ijc.org/rel/pdf/SCR_QA_document_en.pdf>  are available
online.

 

Contacts:

Ottawa

Bernard Beckhoff <mailto:beckhoffb at ottawa.ijc.org> 

(613) 947-1420

Washington

Frank Bevacqua <mailto:bevacquaf at washington.ijc.org> 

(202) 736-9024

 

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