What's New!

• Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Communities Web Portal
  This web site is a window to a large number of information sources and data sets relevant to the coastal communities of Minnesota's Lake Superior North Shore. Resources include real-time information on weather, traffic and beach conditions, as well as map information on recreational opportunities, population and land cover.
• Lake Superior Coastal Atlas
• Projects funded buy the Lake Superior Coastal Program has been updated. For more information please visit the past projects page.
• LiDAR in Minnesota: LiDAR is being collected for the Arrowhead region of Minnesota, including the area covered by the Lake Superior Coastal Program.
• Bathymetric LiDAR for the Lake Superior Shoreline from NOAA. Data can be downloaded by using the Digital Coast: Data Access Viewer.

Highlighted Past Projects

• ArcHydro High Resolution Waterheds - Subcatchments and Lake Superior Watersheds
• A number of projects have been funded to develop parcels data for communities within the Coastal Program Boundary. Please click here to view a complete list of what is available.
• Updated(2010) Superior Hiking Trail Data/Metadata
• Mitigating Conflict between Potential Wind Turbines and Migratory Birds on the North Shore - Phase 1
• Mitigating Conflict between Potential Wind Turbines and Migratory Birds on the North Shore - Phase 2
• In 2007, Oblique photos were taken of the North Shore of Minnesota and within the St. Louis River estuary. A 2007 Oblique Viewer for the Lake Superior North Shore was then created to allow for easier viewing. The imagery is also available through the DNR's LandView page at http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/maps/landview.html.
• North Shore Bat Activity and Habitat Use.