Image Via: Victoria Volk/Great Lakes Today
Image Via: Victoria Volk/Great Lakes Today

Blue Fish Radio: Why wetlands are still the best protection against rising waters

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Outdoor Canada is pleased to present Blue Fish Radio—podcasts about the future of fish and fishing in Canada. The program, produced and hosted by Lawrence Gunther, is dedicated to sharing first-hand angling knowledge, scientific discoveries and supporting local champions who protect and enhance their waters.

Scott Gardner
Scott Gardner

In December 2016, the US and Canadian governments adopted a new Great Lakes water-level management plan designed to create and sustain wetlands. Now the International Joint Commission (the body that regulates shared US-Canadian water use) is scrambling to explain what effect, if any, its new plan had on the flooding experienced on Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River in the spring of 2017 (including the Toronto Islands above). Lawrence speaks with the IJC’s senior engineering adviser, David Fay, about the plan and ways to moderate the flooding.

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Listen to “IJC Engineer David Fay on Spring Floods and Water Management” on Spreaker.