Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Program - Funded Projects
GIS/Information Management
309-03-06: Update on the Lake Superior Oblique Imagery
This project is an update of the 2002 Lake Superior's North Shore Oblique Aerial Photography Project with an added extension into the St. Louis River.
306-12-02: Oblique Aerial Photos of St. Louis County's Lake Superior Coast to Enhance GIS Systems
Oblique aerial photographs of the Minnesota's Lake Superior Coast. The data will be used to evaluate specific sites and to help prioritize projects for funding requests.
306-06-05: Coastal Area Impervious Surface Assessment and Education
Provide an assessment of four different procedures for obtaining impervious surfaces, comparing the accuracy and efficiency of each, and using the most accurate to calculate current impervious surface amounts for the coastal zone region. UMD Project Website SeaGrant Final Report Northland NEMO
306-STAR06-04: GIS Mapping the Superior Hiking Trail
Global Positioning System (GPS) mapping of the Superior Hiking Trail and to generate information in a GIS format that can be used for planning, publications, and landowner agreements. The results of this project will be available to federal, state, and county agencies, the North County Trail Association, map making businesses such as National Geographic and Topo Quad, and to the Superior Hiking Trail Association for maps and guidebooks SHTA publishes to assist hikers on the Superior Hiking Trail.
306-15-02: Field identification and mapping of Duluth trout stream tributaries
Survey all trout streams with Duluth City limits. Field personnel will use Global Positioning Systems (GPS) units to identify the center lines of the streams and all tributaries entering the stream. Locations will be further documented by photograph. Tributaries will be identified using DNR standards. All data will be digitized and placed on maps in an ArcView format and will be available for use by City staff and the public and other agencies working with the trout streams.
306-06-01: Pilot Watercourse Study for Oregon Creek, Duluth, Minnesota
The City of Duluth study of Oregon Creek as a model to understand the effects of development in other urban creeks and to determine remediation steps that could be applied to developed watersheds. The data from the Oregon Creek watershed study will be used in conjunction with a concurrently city-funded study of Chester Creek to conduct workshops, prepare recommendations and develop planning activities for other Duluth watersheds.
306-18-02: Duluth Forest Inventory Project
Inventory forest land in the city and show the important relationship between forests and the quality of wetlands, streams, the St. Louis River, and Lake Superior.
306-15-01: Duluth Public Parcel Delineation and Preservation Project
The Duluth Public Parcel Delineation and Preservation Project will utilize a local GIS firm to delineate publicly owned parcels in a GIS data layer which will then be merged with existing natural resources GIS data. With technical assistance from The Nature Conservancy, the merged data layers will be analyzed to identify ecologically significant parcels. At least four areas will be nominated for permanent legal protection via a city ordinance currently being developed with the help of The Nature Conservancy.
306-21-00: Preparing for Growth on the North Shore
Hands-on tools, education and resources for Duluth Township to facilitate a greater understanding of their local watershed and a greater ability to implement protective measures when developing land use plans. Project Summary Sheet (1 page,181 kb)
306-07-02: GIS Startup Program for Lake County Land Use Office and Soil and Water Conservation District
This project is for "seed money" to start a GIS program for the Lake County Land Use Office. Land Use Management decisions are based on what is best for Lake County's: Natural Resources, Community, and Economics. Increased development pressure along Lake Superior has raised concerns on how to best manage the land to allow for new development while maintaining the high quality and integrity of the natural environment.
306-11-02: Geographic Information and Decision Support Tools for Land Use Planning in the Minnesota Lake Superior Coastal Zone
Assemble spatial data and develop decision support tools for the aquatic and terrestrial resources within MN Lake Superior Coastal Zone, and deliver these data and tools to end users via the Internet, CD-ROMS, and institutional outreach efforts. The GIS project has 3 objectives: to develop synoptic databases within the coastal zone boundary; make these data available through the Internet, CD-Roms, and other data distribution formats; to develop decision support tools to assist LGU in water resource planning activities.
306-29-02: Storm Water Management Plan for Grand Marais Watershed, Phase II, Geographic Information System Database
GIS database for the approximately 3,000 acres of Cook County in the Grand Marais area. The GIS database will be used initially and in the future to assist in the development of plans for infrastructure improvements and for the management of the area's infrastructure. A GIS data set for the City of Grand Marais would include: elevation contour lines, watershed divides, drainage systems (water courses, wetlands, and water bodies), and any other existing CAD or GIS data (e.g. MNDOT's storm sewer and other base map data along Hwy. 61) that might be useful. The proposed data layer would integrate with complementary data layers such as roads, land use data, soil type data, and aerial photographs. In the future, utility information and parcel data could be added.
306-19-04: Enhanced Snow and Precipitation Monitoring within MN Portions of Watersheds Draining to Lake Superior
Dense volunteer networks of precipitation and snowfall observers have been operating in MN for decades. The SWCDs of St. Louis, Lake, and Cook Counties currently have nearly 60 precipitation observers with approximately 3/4 of them observing all winter. This project would build on the existing infrastructure by identifying and recruiting additional observers, especially at places in the watersheds north of MN Highway 61. This project would provide for planning, recruitment, and training meeting costs as well as for observing and training equipment costs. The enhanced observing systems would continue to operate after the term of the grant under the auspices of the State Climatology Office and its collaborators. The Office digitizes, archives, and makes the volunteer precipitation data it receives publicly available via the World-Wide-Web.
306-20-04: Parcel Layer Development for Duluth Township
Develop parcel layers for Duluth township, located in St. Louis County along the north shore of Lake Superior.
306-03-05: Parcel Layer Development for Midway Township
Parcel layers for Midway Township.
306-24-06: Parcel Layer Development for Canosia and Rice Lake Townships
Develop parcel layers for Canosia and Rice Lake Townships.
306-11-09: GIS Parcel Layer Development for Lakewood Township
Develop a digital GIS parcel layer for Lakewood Township, St. Louis County
306-26-06: Parcel Mapping of Chester Creek and Miller Creek Watersheds
Map the parcel ownership of Chester Creek and Miller Creek watersheds.
306-STAR02-04: City of Silver Bay - Parcel Mapping
To conduct parcel mapping in the City of Silver Bay including digitization, attribution, and printouts of parcel maps.
306-25-06: City of Carlton - GIS Parcel Mapping Project
Parcel map for the City of Carlton Carlton Map Viewer
306-10-09: Duluth Digital Plat and Parcel Development for Lake Superior Watershed Protection
Map the parcel ownership of 13,500 parcels within the city and the Lake Superior watershed.
306-12-09: Digital GIS Parcel Layer Development for Thomson Township and the City of Cloquet
Develop a digital GIS parcel layer for Thomson Township and the City of Cloquet. The areas include 48% of Carlton County's population and are the fastest growing areas in the County.
306-STAR07-02: Low-level leaf off aerial photography
Geo-referenced ortho low-level leaf off aerial photography for the west half of Township 49 Range 17, which is the area encompassed by the Fond du Lac Reservation, the City of Cloquet, and the University of Minnesota Forestry Center. It is planned that this photography will be flown in November 2002 after the leaves have fallen off but before there is snow cover on the ground.
Fond du Lac Reservation has the goal of creating a parcel map for the Reservation and to become a Firewise Community, both in which require detailed GIS data. In order to do so, the first step is to obtain high-resolution geo-referenced aerial photography to be used as the base data for digitizing house, building, and utility locations. Since this is such a fundamental base data set it can be used a for a wide range of uses for a long time into the future.
Fond Du Lac maps Fond Du Lac Reservation Homepage
306-05-02: Larsmont Drainage Survey
This project will assist Lake County in appropriately sizing culverts and providing for outlet controls which will reduce tail water velocities in the flood prone area. It will aid the County in determining flood hazards on downstream private property. Finally, this project will allow local government to review applicable land use standards for flood prone areas and provide for adequate controls for development in these areas.
306-19-00: Wetland Inventory and Evaluation for the City of Duluth
More detailed and accurate wetland inventory for the City of Duluth using multi-temporal infrared and monochrome aerial photography. Project Website Includes GIS data downloads, and a guide on how to use the data for wetland assessment. Project Summary Sheet 181 kb
306-36-04: Wetland Inventory and Classification for CoastalGIS: Grand Marais and Beaver Main Stem
MNDNR aerial photography and other spatial data were used to delineate and characterize wetlands for selected watersheds of Lake Superior's North Shore. The end product of this effort will be publicly available digital maps of classified wetlands and associated data tables. Data available on CoastalGIS site.
306-30-03: Wetland Inventory and Classification for Coastal GIS: Knife and Poplar River Watersheds.
MNDNR aerial photography and other spatial data were used to delineate and characterize wetlands for selected watersheds of Lake Superior's North Shore. Data available on CoastalGIS site
306-27-06: Inventory and Classification of North Shore Wetlands for the CoastalGIS Project
Use MN DNR aerial photography and other spatial data to delineate and characterize wetlands for selected watersheds of Lake Superior's North Shore. Data are downloadable form through the CoastalGIS website at the Natural Resources Research Institute.
306-28-04: Parcel GIS Layer for the area encompassed by Fond du Lac Reservation and the City of Cloquet
Develop a parcel GIS layer for the area encompassed by Fond du Lac Reservation and the City of Cloquet in Carlton County. Fond Du Lac maps Fon Du Lac Reservation Homepage
306-28-06: Phase III: GIS-based Sediment Quality Database for the St. Louis River AOC--Minnesota Focus
Expand the Microsoft (MS) Access 2000 database and ArcView 3.2 projects with additional sediment quality and GIS-watershed data, respectively, for the Minnesota side of the AOC.
309-01-05: Duluth Township - Purchase of Computer and Printer to use in GIS Applications
Funds to purchase a computer and printer to use data already compiled and available from the planning and zoning effort as well as additional data.
306-22-04: WITHDRAWN - GIS-Based Watershed Delineation and Water Resources Inventory
A project designed to expand the DNR Waters Lake Watershed Delineation Project within the designated Coastal Zone.
