The International Joint Commission (IJC) is looking for public input into the efforts of the Canadian and American governments to improve water quality in the Great Lakes.
IJC Public Affairs Specialist Allison Voglesong Zejnati explained that, once every three years, governments issue their own progress reports and it is the International Joint Commission's responsibility gather public input on those reports. The governments outline what they've achieved in meeting their goals of cleaning up the lakes and protecting them and so a series of webinars are part of the IJC's tri-annual process of establishing their own progress report.
“The governments have stated that they've achieved X, Y and Z to clean up the lakes and protect them and so these webinars are part of the IJC's tri-annual process of establishing our own progress report,” said Voglesong Zejnati.
There are specific things they are looking for in drafting their own progress report.
“Decreasing the nutrient pollution that leads to algae blooms in the lakes, restoring and protecting the habitat for native species, controlling and reducing the spread of invasive species, pollution abatement and control,” explained Zejnati.
The pollution control could include any number of chemicals and plastic material.
All of the information regarding the government's report and the dates for the webinars that they're presenting for each of the Great Lakes can be found on their website.
