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OTTAWA, ON and WASHINGTON, Sept. 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The International Joint Commission (IJC) is pleased to announce the formation of the International Elk-Kootenai/y Watershed Study Board. Its formation complies with the Reference and supporting Proposal that the IJC received in March 2024.

This is a historic moment for Canada-United States transboundary relations as it represents the first time that Indigenous Peoples have played a key role in the development of a reference to the IJC under the Boundary Waters Treaty of 1909. Building on this, the IJC has ensured that Indigenous Peoples and Indigenous knowledge will be a crucial part of the Study Board and its work, including through membership on the Study Board.

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The Reference, the Proposal, and the establishment of the Study Board are the result of many conversations and cooperative initiatives involving U.S. and Canadian federal agencies, provincial, state and Indigenous governments, and stakeholders regarding the impacts of pollution in the watershed.

The March 2024 request to the IJC from the governments of Canada and the United States , in partnership with the Ktunaxa Nation, represented an historic moment in the history of United States - Canada transboundary relations.

request to the IJC from the governments of and , in partnership with the Ktunaxa Nation, represented an historic moment in the history of - transboundary relations. The Elk River rises in the Canadian Rockies and flows into the United States at Lake Koocanusa (also known as Koocanusa Reservoir), an impoundment of the Kootenay/Kootenai River. It then flows through the states of Montana and Idaho , and through transboundary Ktunaxa lands, on its way back to the province of British Columbia , where it empties into the Columbia River.

Contacts

Paul Allen Canadian Section 613-222-1475 Paul.Allen@ijc.org Ed Virden United States Section 202-372-7990 Edward.Virden@ijc.org

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