APPENDIX D— INTERNATIONAL FIELD YEAR 

 FOR THE GREAT LAKES 



INTRODUCTION 



Conceived as a part of the International Hydrological Decade 

 (1965-1974), the International Field Year for the Great Lakes 

 (IFYGL) is a joint United States-Canadian program of 

 environmental and water resources research focusing on Lake 

 Ontario and the Ontario basin. The field data collection period was 

 scheduled from April 1, 1972 to March 31, 1973, however, some 

 observations were continued through June 30, 1973. Approximately 

 1,000 individuals from the United States and Canada are 

 participating in IFYGL; among the U.S. participants are 

 representatives of seven U.S. Federal Departments and independent 

 agencies. 



IFYGL OBJECTIVE AND SCOPE 



The central objective of IFYGL is to strengthen knowledge of Lake 

 Ontario and the Ontario basin in order to provide a scientific basis 

 for improved Great Lakes management activities related to water 

 quality and quantity and environmentally sensitive operations. 

 Examples of such activities are the provision of municipal, 

 industrial, and rural water supply; protection of water quality; fish 

 resource management; optimization of commercial and recreational 

 navigation; control of water levels and flows; provision of 

 hydropower; shore use and erosion control; and warnings of 

 hazardous and destructive conditions. 



COORDINATION AND MANAGEMENT 



As IFYGL is part of the International Hydrological Decade (IHD), 

 the National Committees of the IHD in the United States and Canada 

 established an International Steering Committee for IFYGL. The 

 International Steering Committee established policy and undertook 

 broad planning. Policy implementation and continued coordination 

 is the responsibility of the Joint Management Team, which is made 

 up of the Canadian Management Team and the U.S. IFYGL Project 

 Office. Coordination efforts are supported by six scientific panels 

 concerned with the terrestrial water balance, energy budget, lake 

 meteorology and evaporation, boundary layer, water movement, and 

 biology and chemistry. Coordination of the actual field operations 

 and of data management takes place between individuals in the 

 United States and Canada identified by the Joint Management Team. 



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