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The commission resolves international disputes regarding the rivers, lakes and other water bodies bordering the United States and Canada.

The joint reference will spur the International Joint Commission to convene a binational board of experts and stakeholders to analyze and advise on solutions for selenium contamination in Lake Koocanusa, a transnational reservoir created by the Libby Dam on the Kootenai River. Such a board would likely include scientists, tribes and governments of all levels from both nations.

The International Joint Commission will take up pollution in the Elk-Kootenai watershed.

The joint reference will spur the International Joint Commission to convene a binational board of experts and stakeholders to analyze and advise on solutions for selenium contamination in Lake Koocanusa, a transnational reservoir created by the Libby Dam on the Kootenai River. Such a board would likely include scientists, tribes and governments of all levels from both nations.

The joint reference will spur the International Joint Commission to convene a binational board of experts and stakeholders to analyze and advise on solutions for selenium contamination in Lake Koocanusa, a transnational reservoir created by the Libby Dam on the Kootenai River. Such a board would likely include scientists, tribes and governments of all levels from both nations.

The joint reference will spur the International Joint Commission to convene a binational board of experts and stakeholders to analyze and advise on solutions for selenium contamination in Lake Koocanusa, a transnational reservoir created by the Libby Dam on the Kootenai River. Such a board would likely include scientists, tribes and governments of all levels from both nations.

The joint reference will spur the International Joint Commission to convene a binational board of experts and stakeholders to analyze and advise on solutions for selenium contamination in Lake Koocanusa, a transnational reservoir created by the Libby Dam on the Kootenai River. Such a board would likely include scientists, tribes and governments of all levels from both nations.

Sen. Jon Tester on Tuesday called for the U.S. and Canada to address water contamination flowing from Canada into Montana with a system outlined in the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty. But if Canada remains unwilling to engage in such diplomacy, the senator wrote in a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, then the U.S. should proceed alone.

Sen. Jon Tester on Tuesday called for the U.S. and Canada to address water contamination flowing from Canada into Montana with a system outlined in the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty. But if Canada remains unwilling to engage in such diplomacy, the senator wrote in a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, then the U.S. should proceed alone.

Sen. Jon Tester on Tuesday called for the U.S. and Canada to address water contamination flowing from Canada into Montana with a system outlined in the 1909 Boundary Waters Treaty. But if Canada remains unwilling to engage in such diplomacy, the senator wrote in a letter to Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, then the U.S. should proceed alone.