Action Alert!
Water Levels Comment Period Underway
The IJC recently proposed a new water levels plan, called Plan 2007, which does nothing to reverse 50 years of damage to the River environment. Plan 2007 represents business as usual, and Save The River is urging the IJC to instead implement a scientifically-based and publicly endorsed plan - Plan B+.
Do your part to support Plan B+. See Save The River's Action Alert for tips on how to give your comments at the next meeting near you and for tips on how to submit your written comments.
View Save The River Action Alert here.
View public meeting dates here.
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To read more about this issue, please read below.
St. Lawrence River Designated 4th Most Endangered River in America due to poor water levels management
Each year, American Rivers releases the Most Endangered Rivers Report which highlights those rivers facing the most uncertain futures. The designation comes on the heels of the International Joint Commission’s proposed water levels management plan – Plan 2007. Plan 2007 is business as usual, doing nothing to end 50 years of documented environmental degradation along the St. Lawrence River.
The IJC has had the opportunity to select a scientifically-based and publicly endorsed plan- Plan B+, but instead has turned its back on $20 million taxpayer dollars spent on five years of study and left the future health of the St. Lawrence River ecosystem uncertain.
Read American River’s press release here.
Read America’s Most Endangered Rivers full report here.
Save the River denounces ijc's proposed water levels plan
'Plan 2007' represents business as usual
In a press conference held March 28, the International Joint Commission announced a draft water level regulation plan - called Plan 2007 - which does nothing to end fifty years of documented environmental degradation along the St. Lawrence River and Lake Ontario.
After more than five years of study funded by $20-million taxpayer dollars, the IJC has the opportunity to select a scientifically-based and publically supported management plan - Plan B+ - which would have delivered significant environmental improvements to the region. Instead, the IJC has turned its back on the Lake and River environment by proposing a plan that continues, and perhaps even worsens, the environemtal destruction of the Lake and River.
Read Save The River's full statement on the proposed water level plan here.
Visit the IJC's website for full details on Plan 2007.
Read the IJC's public meeting schedule here.
Congressman John McHugh, other regional eLected officials and New York State speak out in opposition to Plan 2007
Numerous elected officials and governments released statements expressing dissatisfaction with the IJC's proposal.
Read Congressman John McHugh's statement here.
Read Member of Provincial Parliment Bob Runciman's statement here.
Read Senator Chuck Schumer's statement here.
To read media coverage on this issue, visit our news page.
IJC Postpones Release of New Water Levels Plan
The International Joint Commission (IJC) announced Monday, Spetember 10, that it has postponed the release of a new water levels management plan for the River and Lake Ontario. They have also postponed the hearings scheduled for late October and early November. Although we do not have any further information at this time, Save The River will continue to keep everyone up-to-date as we learn more.
Save The River has been at the
forefront of efforts to restore a more natural water level regime in the
River. Since the 1950’s the
A recent five year study completed by experts in
the
For more information: STR Comment letter 2006