water levels
Study says drop in lake levels natural, no need to act
In May, an International Joint Commission’s study board released a report asserting that relative changes in the levels of Lakes Michigan-Huron and Lake Erie since the last major dredging of the St. Clair River in 1962 is not the result of human activity.
Congress Passes Historic Great Lakes Protection
Earlier today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the historic Great Lakes Compact, ensuring the strongest protections ever to stop water diversions and to regulate large-scale water use. The final step is for President Bush to sign the Compact, as he has already pledged to do.
IJC abandons gutless plan for dam
Following public comment that chastised the International Joint Commission for selecting a plan that would continue the devastation of St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario coastal habitat, the IJC has withdrawn their proposed management plan in favour of finding a more environmentally responsible choice.
3008: A Great Lakes odyssey
We are all used to seeing pictures of the outline of the Great Lakes from space. Will that outline look the same for someone looking down from space 1000 years from now? That is highly unlikely.
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