Coastal GIS is housed at the Natural Resources Research Institute of the University of Minnesota-Duluth

and is funded by a grant from the Lake Superior Coastal Program


George Host is the project manager

Gerry Sjerven is the lead GIS technician

Jane Reed is the artistic director and webmaster



The goal of Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Program is to preserve, protect, develop and where possible restore or enhance coastal resources along Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior.