Managing a multi-objective, bi-national study on rationalizing the state of upper great lakes water levels and the development of improved regulation plans

The International Joint Commission (IJC) was founded in 1909 under the Boundary Waters Treaty to prevent and resolve potential disputes regarding many of the lakes and rivers along the border between the two countries. With the agreement of the US and Canadian governments, the Study was funded at a cost of Can $ 17.2 M shared equally between the US and Canada. Following the completion of an earlier Great Lakes comprehensive study in 1993, the …