Ontario rejects IJC Plan 2007 on water levels
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Posted By Megan Harrison | Source: Cornwall Standard Freeholder
The Ontario government has joined the ranks of environmentalists and New York State officials in rejecting the International Joint Commission’s (IJC) Plan 2007 as a viable option for managing the water levels along Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River.
Natural Resources Minister Donna Cansfield announced Wednesday at a Great Lakes Conference in Toronto that the provincial government is backing Plan B-plus, one of the first three options presented to the IJC in 2006.
Plan B-plus favours returning the water levels to their more natural ebb and flow to protect the environment, and would see the waters rise above normal levels during the spring thaw, and drop by several inches in the fall, when the climate is typically dryer.
