Setting up a collaborative governance body and creating a two-year study board comprised of experts and knowledge holders will be key initiatives as part of an effort to study transboundary water pollution in the Elk-Kootenai watersheds.
The effort is part of an agreement between Canada and the United States, in partnership with the Ktunaxa Nation, to investigate water pollution concerns, particularly around selenium, by referring the issue to the International Joint Commission (IJC).
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