RESTORE COOTES

Cootes Paradise wins as lake regulation plan dumped TheSpec.com - Local - Cootes Paradise wins as lake regulation plan dumped Eric McGuinness , The Hamilton Spectator , (Oct 2, 2008) Cootes Paradise appears to be safe from a threatened change in Lake Ontario levels that would have left the marsh too dry in spring when fish are spawning and waterbirds nesting. Jim Hudson, executive director of the Bay Area Restoration Council, applauds the International Joint Commission (IJC) decision to abandon lake regulation Plan 2007, which came under heavy fire from local environmental organizations and hundreds of boaters as well as the governments of Ontario and New York State. They want a return to more natural conditions that generally produce a high...

Level plan a mistake, lakes commission told TheSpec.com - Local - Level plan a mistake, lakes commission told Critics say Hamilton Harbour cleanup at risk Eric McGuinness, The Hamilton Spectator JORDAN HARBOUR (Jun 10, 2008) The International Joint Commission (IJC) was told last night that its proposed new plan for regulating the level of Lake Ontario jeopardizes the cleanup of Hamilton Harbour and efforts to remove it from the list of Great Lakes pollution hot spots by 2015. John Hall, co-ordinator of the harbour Remedial Action Plan, Jim Hudson, executive director of the Bay Area Restoration Council, and Tys Theysmeyer, aquatic ecologist for the Royal Botanical Gardens (R...