By IUGLS
June 23, 2011
For more information, contact John Nevin, (519) 257-6733, nevinj@windsor.ijc.org
WINDSOR, ONT. --- The International Upper Great Lakes Study is holding public meetings this summer to provide information regarding the status of the second and final phase of its work, examining Great Lakes water levels. At the meetings, the public will have an opportunity to hear from Study Board members and researchers about preliminary findings and potential regulation plans. In Wisconsin, the meetings will be held on:
In this overview presentation regarding Phase 2 of the Study, topics covered will include:
In addition to an information exchange, these meetings will offer an opportunity for the public to provide input and ask questions of Study Board members and researchers. As part of the Study Board’s summer meeting schedule, people also will be able to submit comments and input by traditional mail, email and via the Great Lakes Study website at iugls.org.
Other information sessions are being finalized throughout the Upper Great Lakes basin.
The Study Board is working with a Public Interest Advisory Group (PIAG) to bring a wide range of perspectives to the study process, including those of shoreline property owners, boaters, anglers, governments, Native Americans, First Nations, hydroelectric power producers, and environmental and shipping organizations.
Input received at these meetings will help inform the drafting of a final, peer-reviewed Phase 2 report to be submitted to the IJC in March 2012. After that time, the IJC may choose to hold its own set of public meetings on the Phase 2 report and also may choose to make recommendations to the U.S. and Canadian governments.
WINDSOR, ONT. --- The International Upper Great Lakes Study is holding public meetings this summer to provide information regarding the status of the second and final phase of its work, examining Great Lakes water levels. At the meetings, the public will have an opportunity to hear from Study Board members and researchers about preliminary findings and potential regulation plans. In Wisconsin, the meetings will be held on:
- Monday, July 18, from 7-9 p.m. (CDT) at the Third Avenue Playhouse (www.thirdavenueplayhouse.com), 239 N. Third Ave., Sturgeon Bay;
- Tuesday, July 19, from 7-9 p.m. (CDT), at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s Great Lakes WATER Institute (www.glwi.uwm.edu), 600 E. Greenfield Ave.; and,
- Tuesday, Aug. 9, from 7-9 p.m. (CDT) at the Yellowjacket Union (www.uwsuper.edu/yu) on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Superior, 1605 Catlin Ave.
In this overview presentation regarding Phase 2 of the Study, topics covered will include:
- The potential to improve the regulation plan for Lake Superior outflows at Sault Ste. Marie as well as the need for ongoing monitoring to allow for adaptive management;
- Restoration scenarios for Lake Michigan-Huron water levels, including an exploratory analysis of potential lake restoration options. The methods, construction impacts and long-term lake level impacts will be presented; and,
- Multi-lake regulation options.
In addition to an information exchange, these meetings will offer an opportunity for the public to provide input and ask questions of Study Board members and researchers. As part of the Study Board’s summer meeting schedule, people also will be able to submit comments and input by traditional mail, email and via the Great Lakes Study website at iugls.org.
Other information sessions are being finalized throughout the Upper Great Lakes basin.
The Study Board is working with a Public Interest Advisory Group (PIAG) to bring a wide range of perspectives to the study process, including those of shoreline property owners, boaters, anglers, governments, Native Americans, First Nations, hydroelectric power producers, and environmental and shipping organizations.
Input received at these meetings will help inform the drafting of a final, peer-reviewed Phase 2 report to be submitted to the IJC in March 2012. After that time, the IJC may choose to hold its own set of public meetings on the Phase 2 report and also may choose to make recommendations to the U.S. and Canadian governments.