For information on the following meetings of the International Joint Commission and its various boards, contact a Commission office.
Sessions range from environmental quality to environmental management.
The Third Annual Conference on the St. Lawrence River Ecosystem will be held in Cornwall, Ontario from May 13-16, 1996. This conference at the Cornwall Civic Complex brings together scientists and communities from across Canada, the United States and around the world to discuss issues and strategies for the remediation of the St. Lawrence River ecosystem. The symposium, sponsored by the Great Lakes Protection Fund and Michigan State University, will seek to increase public understanding of the issues of risk assessment and risk communication. For more information contact Dr. Michael Kamrin, Institute for Environmental Toxicology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824. Special sessions will cover a variety of current large lakes issues such as the effectiveness of international management agreements, endocrine disrupters, non-native species, effects of ultraviolet radiation, human health, sea lamprey controls, satellite imagery, food web interactions and wetland restoration.