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Great Lakes Focus On Water Quality: Vol.4 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Great Lakes Focus On Water Quality: Vol.4 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
In October and November the Pollution from Land Use Activities Reference Group (PLUARG) will sponsor information meetings throughout the Great Lakes Basin. The purposes of the sessions are to present the PLUARG final report, Environmental Management Strategy for the Great Lakes System, with its conclusions and recomendations (See PLUARG write up, page 6), explain the IJC's hearing process, and encourage people to present their views on the report to the Commission on Public Hearings.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.19 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.19 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
Enlightened public opinion ultimately set things right in the Reserve Mining case. Following US. District Judge Miles Lord’s order of April 20, 1974 to cease all taconite tailings discharge to Lake Superior, it took much additional effort by the State of Minnesota, intervening environmental groups and the US. Government to stop the 25-year dumping of hundreds of millions of tons of tailings into the world’s fresh- water treasure. It finally happened in the spring of 1980
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.19 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.19 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
The glacial history of the Great Lakes basin and the tremendous influence of the lakes themselves create unique conditions. These support a wealth of biological diversity, including many species and communities of global significance. The basin’s sand dunes, coastal marsh- es, rocky shorelines, lakeplain prairies, savannas, forests, fens and other landscapes contain features that are either unique to or are best represented with- in the Great Lakes basin. The remark- able biodiversity of the Great Lakes basin is illustrated by the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. This park ranks third among US. National Parks in plant diversity, yet its area is …
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.19 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.19 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
In its Seventh Biennial Report on Great Lakes Water Quality (signed in 1993), released this February, the International Joint Commission again concludes that contamination by various persistent toxic substances is ' the biggest problem facing the Great Lakes ecosystem. The Governments of the United States and Canada are committed to restoring and protecting the Great Lakes and the Commission’s reports assist them by identifying progress and further needs.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.18 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.18 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
Drawn by a highly Visible recommendation to sunset industrial uses of chlorine, a record-setting 1,900 participants came to the International Joint Commission’s Biennial Meeting on Great Lakes Water Quality in Windsor, Ontario. Participants at the October 21-24, 1993 event also represented a broader spectrum of society than at previous biennial meetings.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.18 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.18 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
Indianapolis started it all in 1983, when 300 people joined the International Joint Commission for its first Biennial Meeting on Great Lakes Water Quality. Kingston was next in 1985, followed by Toledo in 1987, Hamilton in 1989, and Traverse City in 1991, when more than 1,600 people participated in the meeting. Now, ten years later, Windsor will host the International Joint Commission’s 1993 Biennial Meeting on Great Lakes Water Quality. Why does the Commission hold these meetings, what issues are addressed, and how can attendees participate in this year’s sessions ?
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.18 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.18 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
The Virtual Elimination Task Force, appointed by the International Joint Commission in the summer of 1990 to recommend a strategy for virtually eliminating the input of persistent toxic substances to the Great Lakes environment, has released its draft final report for public comment.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.17 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.17 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
When the headaches won't disappear or our child has a languishing cough, we Visit our physician to obtain a cure for our ills. As a society, studies Show that North Americans have a high level of trust in the ability of our doctors to identify possible causes and to prescribe the best solution to our ailments. How likely are our doctors to consider pollutants in our environment as a possible cause of our problems ?
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.17 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.17 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
In mid-June, Commissioner Hilary Cleveland and Commission staff visited four communities on the north shore of Lake Superior to meet with the local Remedial Action Plan (RAP) teams, Public Advisory Committee (PAC) members, RAP technical re- viewers, local news media and others interested in the cleanup plans in the four North Shore Areas of Concern: Jackfish Bay, Nipigon Bay, Peninsula Harbour and Thunder Bay.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.17 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.17 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
Thus concludes the International Joint Commission in its Sixth Biennial Report on Great lakes Water Quality, released in mid- April on the 20th anniversary of the signing of the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement. The Commission’s report focuses on persistent toxic sub- stances, and the steps needed to reach the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement’s goal of virtual elimination of the inputs of these substances to the Great Lakes system.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.16 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.16 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
Representatives from diverse interests came to discuss their concerns with the International Joint Commission and each other at the 1991 Biennial Meeting on Great Lakes Water Quality in Traverse City, Michigan, September 29 through October 2, 1991. Biennial Meetings are held by the Commission before it prepares recommendations to the Governments of the United States and Canada and the Great Lakes state and provincial governments in accordance with the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.16 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.16 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
The Grand Traverse Bay is the focal point of the northwest region of Michigan's lower peninsula, and area residents are vividly aware of its beauty and delicacy. Traverse City, a town of about 20,000 people, historically has pooled its human resources to protect its natural ones. As the International Joint Commission’s (IJC) 1991 Biennial Meeting approaches (see page 11 for registration and program information), local energies have intensified to focus on Grand Traverse Bay protection efforts, and conference participants will be impressed by the splendor of the Grand Traverse Bay and the dedication of local people to protect the bay’s …
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.16 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.16 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
The intent of these listing / delisting guidelines is to serve as indicators of use impairment for Great Lakes Areas of Concern and will be used to assist the International Joint Commission (IIC) and its Boards in: 1) making recommendations for new Areas of Concern; and 2) reviewing all stages of remedial action plans (RAPs). These guidelines are intended to establish a consistent “set of yard- sticks” that can be uniformly applied throughout the Great Lakes basin. Further, these guidelines are in— tended to help ensure that the RAP program is properly focused and pragmatic so that it clearly identifies …
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.11 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.11 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
As a result of the continuing high water levels on the Great Lakes,the Governments of Canada and the United States have asked the IJC to examine and report on ways to alleviate the adverse consequences of fluctuating water levels, in terms of both the immediate high level crisis and the long term consequences. Record high levels are continuing throughout most of the Great Lakes basin, except on Lake Ontario. While levels are expected to stay below recorded maximums on Lake Ontario and Lake Superior, levels on these lakes will remain high if extreme water supplies continue.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.11 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.11 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
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Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.15 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.15 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
In a recently released joint report to the Governments of the United States and Canada, the International Joint Commission (IIC) and the Great Lakes Fishery Com— mission (GLFC) warned that additional "massive and calamitous invasions” of exotic species could occur if preventive actions are not taken immediately to stop the introduction of such species into the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.15 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.15 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
Under the 1987 Protocol revising the 1978 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, the International Joint Commission (IJC) is responsible for reviewing and commenting on the adequacy of Re- medial Action Plans (RAPs) for Areas of Concern in the Great Lakes - St. Lawrence River basin. In its recently released Fifth Biennial Report on Great Lakes Water Quality, the IJC concluded that RAPS provide "a unique experiment in institutional cooperation and the first opportunity, on a broad and practical scale, to implement the ecosystem approach to environmental restoration in the Great Lakes basin."
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.11 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.11 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
Anyone who lives in the Great Lakes region knows the lure of water - the beauty of the lakes calls residents to move to their shore- lines and enjoy the sounds, smells and scenery the water provides. These residents also know the concern and frustration when the lakes extend beyond the boundaries to which it was thought the water would abide. The results of higher than expected lake levels are flooded basements, ravaged bluffs and anxious homeowners who are desperate for answers as to when the waters will recede.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.15 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.15 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
The International Joint Com- mission (IIC) has issued its Fifth Biennial Report on Great Lakes Water Quality. In it, the Com- mission places major emphasis on persistent toxic substances, their potential impacts on human health and the urgent need for a comprehensive and effective strategy to deal with them.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.14 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.14 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
Zero discharge of persistent toxic substances; involvement by municipal governments to protect water quality; incorporating land use planning elements into remedial action plans; the invasion of zebra mussels; and shifting from reactive to proactive attitudes in all programs developed to restore and protect the Great Lakes Basin Ecosystem. These and many other issues were presented by conference participants to the International Joint Commission (IJC) during the 1989 Biennial Meeting on Great Lakes Water Quality.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.14 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.14 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
Hamilton Harbour, a deep water port which supports the largest iron and steel industrial complex in Canada, receives runoff and waste effluent from its western rural area as well as the eastern urbanized region. A remedial action plan (RAP) team with representatives from Ontario’s Ministries of the Environment, Natural Resources, and Agriculture and Food, Environment Canada, Royal Botanical Gardens and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans was formed in May 1986 to identify sources of pollution and steps and timetables in the remediation process, and to work closely with the community-wide stakeholder groups in developing and implementing the remedial action …
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.14 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.14 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
The 1978 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement requires the International Joint Commission (IJC) to make a full report at least every two years to the Governments of the United States and Canada and to state and provincial governments concerning progress to accomplish the goals of the Agreement.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.13 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.13 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
As this issue of Focus went to press, the International Joint Commission had received a request from the Governments of Canada and the United States to recommence its activities with respect to monitoring and reporting on air pollution emissions and their impacts in the Detroit— Windsor and Port Huron- Sarnia region of the international boundary.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.13 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.13 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
If patience is indeed a virtue, then E the group that assembled on the shores of Lake Erie on the morning of March 26, 1988 possessed a lot of it. Many of those who gathered that day in Cleveland had worked for more than a decade to reach that moment: the signing of the long-awaited, much debated and urgently needed law to ban high phosphate detergents in Ohio.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.13 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.13 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
In their presentation to the Commission- ers and meeting participants, Board Co Chairpersons Valdas Adamkus and Elizabeth Dowdeswell highlighted major points from the Board's 1987 Report on Great Lakes Water Quality. They stressed that. while considerable progress has been made in the last 15 years to achieve the goals of fishable, swimmable and drinkable water in the Great Lakes, the nature of problems has shifted from relatively simple and straightforward ones, like over—enrichment. to the more complex issue of persistent toxic sub- stances. 1urisdictional‘initiatives like the development of remedial action plans for Areas of Concern in the basin have been …
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.12 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.12 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
In order to properly fulfill its role as principal advisor to the Commission, the Water Quality Board in 1986 developed a Water Quality Management Strategy as a framework to facilitate the identification of program needs and the development of recommendations and schedules to resolve issues confronting the Great Lakes ecosystem.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.12 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.12 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
On August 1. 1986, the governments of the United States and Canada gave a reference to the International joint Commission (NC) to examine and report on methods to alleviate the adverse consequences of fluctuating water levels in the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River basin As a part of this, the NC must address the immediate high water level crisis and identify and evaluate intermediate and long-term potential measures.
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.12 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.12 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
The 1978 Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement commits the Governments of the United States and Canada to restoring and maintaining the integrity of the waters of the Great lakes Basin Ecosystem, to develop to a maximum effort programs, practices and technology necessary for a better understanding of that ecosystem and to eliminating or reducing to the maximum extent practicable the discharge of pollutants into the Great lakes system.
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.9 Iss.4, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.9 Iss.4, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
Lighthouses in the Great Lakes were built to keep ships carrying grain, timber, fur and minerals off the bottom of the lakes. Between 1878 and 1898, 6,000 Great Lakes ships wrecked. Ship owners who lost a lot of time and money lobbied the federal government to install more navigational aids. By 1925 there were 433 lighthouses, 10 lightships and 120 fog signals.
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.9 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.9 Iss.3, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
The majestic beauty and awesome potential of the Great Lakes have inspired quite a range of artistic endeavors, including lndian lore, the images of romantic nineteenth century poets, and Chicago's example of this tradition, Lorado Taft’s great bronze sculpture, “The Fountain of the Great Lakes." The fountain is in the formal garden of the Art Institute facing Michigan Avenue and was dedicated in 1913, the first commission of the B.F. Ferguson Fund.