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Review of the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Studies by Committee to Review the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies, in collaboration with The Royal Society of Canada is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Since the 1950s, the International Joint Commission (IJC) of Canada and the United States has issued water regulation and management plans for Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Changes in recreational, environmental, navigational and other uses of the water system have prompted the IJC to consider replacing the current water regulation plan in operation for more than 40 years. IJC's goals for a replacement plan include sound scientific foundations, public participation, transparency in plan development and evaluation, and inclusion of environmental considerations. To help develop and select the new plan, the IJC supported a 5-year, $20 million Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Study (LOSLR Study). The LOSLR Study uses models to compile and integrate data gathered from a series of commissioned studies of wetlands, species at risk, recreational boating, fisheries, coastal erosion and flooding, commercial navigation, hydropower, industrial, municipal and domestic water intakes, public information and education, and hydrologic modeling. This report reviews a portion of the study that focused on wetlands and species at risk and three of the models that were used. The report finds

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Author
Committee to Review the Lake Ontario-St. Lawrence River Studies, Water Science and Technology Board, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies, in collaboration with The Royal Society of Canada
Publisher
National Academies Press
Published
2006
Language
EN
ISBN
9786610465514
Category
nonfiction
Subjects
Science, Technology, Engineering

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