Council of Lake Committees
The Council of Lake Committees is composed of representatives from state, tribal, and provincial agencies represented on Lakes Committees, for a maximum of twenty-one members:
- Lake Ontario Committee: New York, Ontario
- Lake Erie Committee: Michigan, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania
- Lake Huron Committee: Michigan, Ontario, Chippewa-Ottawa Resource Authority
- Lake Michigan: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Wisconsin, Chippewa-Ottawa Resource Authority
- Lake Superior Committee: Michigan, Minnesota, Ontario, Wisconsin, Chippewa-Ottawa Resource Authority, Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission, 1854 Treaty Authority
The Committee's purposes are to:
- consider issues pertinent to, or referred by, the Great Lakes Fishery Commission;
- consider issues and problems of common concern to member agencies;
- develop and coordinate joint programs and research projects;
- serve as a forum for state, provincial, tribal, and federal agencies; and
- respond to requests made to it by any of the Lake Committees.
Council of Lake Committees Terms of Reference
Members- Brian Locke, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry, Chair
- Vic Santucci, Illinois Department of Natural Resources Vice Chair
- Membership includes all Lake Committee members
Updated: August 31, 2017
Publications and Products
- Environmental Principles for Sustainable Fisheries in the Great Lakes Basin (2016)
- Council of Lake Committees Position Statement on Asian carps (2013)
- Dams and Barriers Decision Support Protocol (2013)
- Council of Lake Committees Position Statement on Wind Power Development in the Great Lakes
- Council of Lake Committees Consultation Guidelines on Introductions in the Great Lakes Basin
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