Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.13 Iss.1,
2016
University of Windsor
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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,
2016
University of Windsor
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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,
2016
University of Windsor
Focus On International Joint Commission Activities (Issn 0832-6673): Vol.12 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
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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,
2016
University of Windsor
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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,
2016
University of Windsor
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.9 Iss.4, Uwindsor Administrator
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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,
2016
University of Windsor
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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.
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.9 Iss.2,
2016
University of Windsor
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.9 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
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E. Richmond Olson (Canadian . Commissioner) spoke about the differences between this meeting and those of the past, and outlined the reasons for change. This meeting represents a radical departure in format from earlier ones, both in location and format. A conversational discussion is proposed rather than simply presenting the reports of the Boards, as in earlier meetings. Here also, copies of the (1983) reports were sent for your consideration in advance of this meeting.
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.9 Iss.1,
2016
University of Windsor
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The following article combines elements in three speeches presented by Commissioner E. Richmond Olson between October 1982 and February 1983 as he concluded the period he served as Chairman, for Canada, of the Commission. All dealt in part with the important concept of community and the evolving roles which citizens and institutions can and must play to build a society more equitable to individuals and more in harmony with the ecosystem.
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.8 Iss.4,
2016
University of Windsor
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When the International Joint Commission meets in Indianapolis November 15 — 17 those who attend will note some innovations. One is a theme, which will continue in the future: Great Lakes Connections - people’s connections with the Lakes, land drainage connections with the Lakes, institutional connections, economic connections, recreation connections...the list is endless. Further, the International Joint Commission is the one continuing link connecting the people of Canada and the United States in the Great Lakes clean—up effort...and IJC can be your “Great Lakes Connection."
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.8 Iss.3,
2016
University of Windsor
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The lnternational Joint Commission held its 1982 Meeting on the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement, November 16 in Windsor, Ontario at Cleary Auditorium. Representatives of Great Lakes Basin citizen organizations, industry, government, the media and interested individuals from the immediate area listened as Great Lakes Water Quality Board and Science Advisory Board members summarized the work of the past year. In addition, many who could not spend the day in reporting sessions visited the environmental exhibition held in conjunction with the meeting. Thirty four organizations participated in the 1982 exhibition. (See page 15).
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.8 Iss.2,
2016
University of Windsor
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The latest event was the Midwest Governors’ Conference at Mackinac Island, Michigan, June 10-1 1. The eight States and the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec were represented. Eight resolutions were adopted by the conference addressing: 1) Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement; 2) Great Lakes water quality; 3) diversions; 4) control of consumptive uses of Great Lakes water; 5) Great Lakes institutional arrangements; 6) $00 Locks; 7) Great Lakes Cargo Marketing Corporation, and 8) maritime cost recovery and user charges.
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.8 Iss.1,
2016
University of Windsor
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.8 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
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On March 9, 1982, the Chairman of the United States Section of the International Joint Commission, Robert C. McEwen, presented the following testimony in Washington, DC. to the House Subcommittee on Natural Resources, Agriculture, Research and the Environment. He spoke for the Commission at a hearing on HR. 3600, the proposed Great Lakes Protection Act.
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.7 Iss.4,
2016
University of Windsor
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Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.7 Iss.3,
2016
University of Windsor
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Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.7 Iss.2,
2016
University of Windsor
Focus On Great Lakes Water Quality (Issn 0711-0855): Vol.7 Iss.2, Uwindsor Administrator
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Great Lakes Focus On Water Quality: Vol.7 Iss.1,
2016
University of Windsor
Great Lakes Focus On Water Quality: Vol.7 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
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Great Lakes Focus On Water Quality: Vol.6 Iss.4,
2016
University of Windsor
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Great Lakes Focus On Water Quality: Vol.6 Iss.3,
2016
University of Windsor
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Great Lakes Focus On Water Quality: Vol.6 Iss.2,
2016
University of Windsor
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Great Lakes Focus On Water Quality: Vol.6 Iss.1,
2016
University of Windsor
Great Lakes Focus On Water Quality: Vol.6 Iss.1, Uwindsor Administrator
Focus on International Joint Commission Activities
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