IJC - International Joint Commission

Canada and the United States share more than 5,000 miles (nearly 9,000 kilometers) of border. Almost half of that is water: as far west as the Yukon River basin, as far reaching as the Great Lakes, and east to the St. Croix River basin. Learn how the IJC works to protect and manage these shared resources 🎥 https://lnkd.in/ggWWWWvH #SharedWaters #IJC101 --- Le Canada et les États-Unis se partagent une frontière de plus de 5 000 milles (près de 9 000 kilomètres), dont près de la moitié est constituée d’eau, et cela d’ouest en est, du bassin du fleuve Yukon, au bassin de la rivière Sainte-Croix en passant par les Grands Lacs. Voyez comment la CMI s’y prend pour protéger et gérer cette ressource partagée. https://lnkd.in/ggWWWWvH (en anglais seulement)

New on our Shared Water newsletter page: "Elk-Kootenai/y Study Board Moves Forward During First In-Person Meeting" https://lnkd.in/dAXu2rPs /// Le Groupe d’étude international sur la pollution des eaux dans le bassin Elk-Kootenay progresse dans ses travaux https://lnkd.in/d8Bn2tDg

"... 1 degree can make the difference between bitterly cold, dry gusts of arctic air freezing the lake over or evaporating its warm surface waters."

Check your Inbox. The final Shared Waters IJC Newsletter of the year is out: "Indigenous Circle Launches, Boards Tackle Climate, Transboundary Cooperation Highlighted" /// La dernière édition de l'année du bulletin Eaux Partagées de la CMI est arrivée : « Lancement du cercle autochtone, les conseils s'attaquent au climat, la coopération transfrontalière est mise en avant »

#ICYMI 2024 Great Lakes Poll Shows Consistent Support for Protection, Concerns About Water Quality Challenges https://lnkd.in/ghmppWt3 #GreatLakesH2OpinionPoll

Installation of the Lake Erie-Niagara River Ice Boom for the 2024-2025 season is scheduled to begin as-early-as December 16, 2024, by New York Power Authority crews, subject to safe in water working conditions. https://lnkd.in/gexAAe2D

"We are not surprised that our 2024 poll results show those large majorities are going up. Support for Great Lakes protection was high in 2015 and is even higher 10 years later. And the Great Lakes truly unite us across our differences: There are surprisingly few areas where opinions diverge depending on age, income, and political or ethnic identity.” - Jon Allan, US co-chair of the Water Quality Board and senior adviser at the University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability: https://lnkd.in/gUFR5JcP #GreatLakesH2OpinionPoll /// « Nous ne sommes pas surpris des résultats de notre sondage de 2024 qui montrent une augmentation du nombre de répondants soutenant la protection des Grands Lacs. Ils étaient fortement majoritaires en 2015 et ils le sont encore plus 10 ans plus tard. Force est de constater que les Grands Lacs nous unissent par-delà nos différences. Aussi étonnant qu’il y paraisse, on ne constate que très peu de divergence d’opinion entre les groupes d’âge, de revenus et de sensibilité politique ou d’identité ethnique. » - Jon Allan, coprésident de Conseil pour les États-Unis et conseiller principal à la School for Environment and Sustainability de l’université du Michigan https://lnkd.in/gjg93-v8

.Canadian Water Resources Association 2025 National Conference has launched its Call for Speakers w/ a February 3, 2025 deadline. The theme for the May 25-29 event in Penticton, British Columbia, is Living Between Waters – Connecting Water and Resilience. Topics areas include: Developing collaborative approaches for transboundary water governance & water justice for a more resilient water future.

Dec. 19, by the province of British Columbia's Columbia River Treaty team: Virtual Information Session on Modernization of the Columbia River Treaty

The Shortnose Cisco, a native Great Lakes whitefish thought extinct for nearly 40 years, has been rediscovered by scientists — in the wrong Great Lake (Superior). from USA Today: "Great Lakes fish thought extinct for decades rediscovered — in an unexpected place" by Keith Matheny, published December 10, 2024 #FishSci https://lnkd.in/gz5pQmc7