From Paul Cowley: presentation to public meeting on low levels in Upper Great Lakes International Joint Commission July 16, 2012 Good evening Co-chairs, Commissioners, ladies and gentlemen My name is Paul Cowley and I am President of the Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations (FoTTSA). We...

From Tiny Deputy Mayor George Lawrence: Notes for remarks to public meeting International Joint Commission  July 16 2012 Thank I.F.C. for the opportunity to have our water level concerns addressed! It is apparent after 17 million dollars spent on research, there is a problem! Our local municipalities...

From Bruce Santon, MP, Simcoe North: Notes for Remarks to Public Meeting International Joint Commission July 16 2012 Concerning – Phase 2 and Final Report – Upper Great Lakes Study Board Report – Lake Superior Regulation – Addressing Uncertainty in Upper Great Lakes Water Levels – Thank the IJC...

News release from Serpent River First Nation July 16, 2012SERPENT RIVER FN --CNW- Chief Isadore Day, who carries the traditional name Wiindawtegowinini, says that "the public hearing about the low water levels on Lake Huron held  by the International Joint Commission (IJC) was a sham and that the IJC...

International Joint Commission (IJC) has recommended doing nothing about upper Great Lakes levelsNews release from Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations - July 15 2012Local First Nations members from the Beausoleil First Nation have joined the fight to restore our lake levels. Prior to t...

By Jerry Zremski Buffalo NewsJuly 13, 2012WASHINGTON - Asian carp would likely thrive in all five Great Lakes, and the introduction of fewer than 20 of the invasive fish could be enough to set off a spawning spree that could forever change the region's ecosystem....

Shoreline associations slam study board’s recommendation By Travis Mealing Midland Mirror Jul 11, 2012  MIDLAND – The final report of the International Upper Great Lakes Study board contains the opinion of experts; now it’s time for residents affected by changing water levels to have their say. Read ...

By Penny Pepperell Toronto Star July 7 2012The Great Lakes are a world treasure, and the jewel in their crown is Georgian Bay. (I’m going to break with convention and refer to Georgian Bay as a Great Lake because it is almost as big as Lake Ontario.) Biologists describe it as the most complex fresh w...

FoTTSA news release -- JULY 3, 2012 Doing nothing about the dramatic lowering of Great Lakes water levels is not an option, says Paul Cowley, President of the Federation of Tiny Township Shoreline Associations [FoTTSA] “We can slow the outflow," Cowley said, decrying the do-nothing solutions offered ...

U.S. residents protest Bruce nuclear waste proposalBy John Spears Toronto Star June 26 2012It ought to be a tourist area’s dream: The Lake Huron shoreline north of Kincardine is gaining a reputation across the U.S.But the attention coming from states as far-flung as California, Missouri, Tennessee an...