Coastal Horizons Summer 2009
Coastal Horizons Summer 2009
Coastal Horizons Summer 2009
Coastal
Horizons
VOLUME 3 ● ISSUE 1 ● SUMMER 2009
A quarterly newsletter highlighting the projects and people of
Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program
In This Issue:
News and Notes (page 2) ● Coastal Program Hires New
Nonpoint Specialist (page 2) ● Hundreds Converged on
Duluth for Youth Symposium (page 3) ● Coastal Imagery
at Your Fingertips (page 3)
The Governor’s Council on Minnesota’s Coastal Program was created by Executive Order in 1999. The “Coastal Council,” working with the Minnesota
Department of Natural Resources, establishes Coastal Program priorities, recommends projects for funding, reviews the budget, and conducts a biennial
review of the state’s Coastal Program. The Council consists of 15 members appointed by the Governor.
“hits” per month by individuals
Minnesota’s Coastal Nonpoint Pollution Control
looking at documents, past grant Program coordinates and supports local
projects, and maps. implementation projects to reduce and control
nonpoint source pollution.
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Hundreds Converged on Ten Year
Duluth for Youth Symposium Celebration
On any given day, you can probably The four‐day event brought
find a high school student or two at together students in grades 8 Minnesota’s Lake Superior
The College of St. Scholastica. On ‐12 from throughout Minnesota, Coastal Program would like
May 14, two turned into over 350 as Wisconsin, Michigan, and Ontario to to thank our partners and
high school students and teachers study Lake Superior. There were 18 grantees for a successful first
from around Lake Superior began field trip options and over two 10 years!
arriving for the 2009 Lake Superior dozen presentations on Friday and
Please join us for a dessert
Youth Symposium. Saturday.
reception
“It was fantastic,” shared Diane
Participants take part in a birding field trip Friday, July 17, 2009
Podgornik, 2009 Lake Superior
at the Minnesota Point Pine Forest State 2:30 pm – 5:00 pm
Natural Area (Photograph by Pat Collins) Youth Symposium co‐coordinator.
Edgewater Resort &
“Between the amazing keynote
Waterpark, Duluth
speakers and all the great field trips
and presentations, you couldn’t RSVP to Amber at (218) 834‐
help but gain a better appreciation 1445 or via email at
for this magnificent lake!” [email protected]
Since 1999, Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal
Program has awarded over $9.3 million in grant
funds for some 300 projects, including many
events like the one highlighted above. Other
Upcoming Events
Coastal Imagery at Your Fingertips
• June 24 – August 1, 2009:
“A View from the Lake” Boat
Individuals can now access recent aerial photographs of Minnesota’s Lake Tours; trips depart from
Superior coastal areas without having to use geographic information Grand Marais, Silver Bay, Two
systems (GIS). The images are available in LandView, an online, interactive Harbors, and Duluth
mapping program that allows users to make their own maps from the http://www.seagrant.umn.edu/vfl
Department of Natural Resources’ data.
• July 19, 2009:
The aerial photographs are technically oblique images. Oblique imagery is Lake Superior Day
aerial photography taken at an approximately 45‐degree angle with the
ground. At that angle, the imagery more closely resembles how people • September 10 – 12, 2009:
normally view their landscape. For years, oblique imagery has been a tool 5th Annual Great Lakes
for monitoring coastal erosion. Now, others are using it in habitat studies Restoration Conference at the
and land use and recreation planning. Duluth Entertainment &
Convention Center, Duluth
To view the images, click on “The Minnesota DNR’s Map Page” link found on http://www.healthylakes.org/09conference
the “Maps” page of Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program’s website.
• September 22‐24, 2009:
From there, users can launch the LandView program by clicking on the
Great Lakes Regional Meeting
“LandView” hyperlink in the left sidebar. To access LandView directly, type
of Coastal Management
http://www.mndnr.gov/maps/landview.html in the address bar. There are
Programs at the Minnesota
instructions for how to use the program on the website.
Pollution Control Agency
Office – Duluth
Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program maintains a web presence at
http://www.mndnr.gov/waters/lakesuperior. The website contains useful information about past
grant projects and how to apply for new grant projects. Visitors can also view Coastal Council
meeting minutes as well as access coastal GIS data.
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About US
Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program is funded by the U.S.
Department of Commerce’s, National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, through the Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource
Management. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources,
Division of Waters administers the Program from its office in Two
Harbors, Minnesota.
Website http://www.mndnr.gov/waters/lakesuperior
Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program
1568 Highway 2
Two Harbors, MN 55616