About the Project

Land Use/ Stormwater Planning Tools for Duluth Township Landowners

Planning development with stormwater runoff in mind is particularly important on the North Shore of Lake Superior with a shallow bedrock, steep slopes, clay-rich soils, and delicate wetland complexes. While numerous organizations exist with pieces of the information required to complete a Land Use/Stormwater Management Plan, the process of collecting expertise from a variety of agencies is daunting for landowners. There is a need to provide tools to make technical land management data accessible to private landowners. Further, there is a need to present the data in an educational manner so landowners are able to understand the importance of land use / stormwater planning in the conservation of stormwater run-off on the North Shore of Lake Superior.

Cindy Hale, Ph.D.
Director, Boulder Lake Environmental Learning Center
(218) 721-3731
cmhale@d.umn.edu

John Geissler
Naturalist
University of Minnesota – Duluth Graduate Assistant
(218) 721-3731
geiss020@d.umn.edu

Dave Miller
Chair - Duluth Township Planning Commission

Wayne Dahlberg
Township Administrator

Ken Gilbertson, Ph.D.
UMD Dept. HPER
(218) 726-6258
kgilbert@d.umn.edu

William Fleischman, Ph.D.
Department of Sociology
Phone:  (218) 726-7557
wfleisch@d.umn.edu

This project was funded in part by the Coastal Zone Management Act, by NOAA’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, in cooperation with Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program
and the University of Minnesota Duluth Center for Community and Regional Research - University of Minnesota Duluth.