The Binational Program’s Lake Superior Work Group (LSWG) and Committees met in Thunder Bay, Ontario, April 17^th through the 19th. 

Henry Quinlan and Ted Koehler, Ashland Fishery Resources Office were in attendance. 

Lake Superior basin-wide natural resource coordination took place in the areas of aquatics, chemical, habitat, wildlife, sustainability and communications. 

Work plans for 2007-2008 were discussed and updated.  Updates and discussion took place on recent work on the status of Areas of Concern,  U.S. Great Lakes Regional Collaboration, and binational cooperative monitoring. 

Preparations were made for upcoming meetings with the Task Force, Forum and the State of Lake Superior Conference 2007.  The meeting took place at Old Fort William, located on the outskirts of Thunder Bay.  During early colonization of the area and height of the fur trade, the fort hosted thousands of voyageurs and native peoples.

The federal governments of Canada and the United States as well as the Province of Ontario, and the States of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin formed the Binational Program to restore and protect Lake Superior. 

The program works to support a diverse, healthy, and sustainable natural community in the Lake Superior basin.  The Binational Program plays a key role in the integration of land use planning efforts across jurisdictions such as the Lake Nipigon Basin Signature Site in Ontario, and the Whittlesey Creek National Wildlife Refuge in Wisconsin.