About Us

Citation: Lakesuperiorstreams. 2009. LakeSuperiorStreams: Community Partnerships For Understanding Water Quality and Stormwater Impacts at the Head of the Great Lakes (http://lakesuperiorstreams.org). University of Minnesota-Duluth, Duluth, MN 55812.

Authors: Axler, R., C. Kleist, G. Host, C.Hagley, M.Lonsdale, J. Reed, J. Schomberg, N. Will, J. Henneck, G. Sjerven, E.Ruzycki, T.Carlson, B. Munson, and C. Richards.

Title of complete work (if relevant): LakeSuperiorStreams.

URL, in angle brackets: <http://lakesuperiorstreams.org> for the home page for the site.

Sponsoring institutions/organizations: Natural Resources Research Institute and Sea Grant College, University of Minnesota - Duluth and City of Duluth Stormwater Utility.

Collaborators: Western Lake Superior Regional Stormwater Protection Team (http://lakesuperiorstreams.org/stormwater/rspt.html).

Primary Funding: US EPA-EMPACT/STAR Programs, Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Program (NOAA), City of Duluth, MN; Closely linked to NSF-funded Water on the Web (http://waterontheweb.org) and EPA-EMPACT funded LakeAccess (http://lakeaccess.org) projects.

In-Kind Match: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD), U. of Minnesota Duluth Facilities Management (Stormwater Program), South St. Louis Soil and Water Conservation District.

Location: Western Lake Superior; region centered on Duluth, Minnesota and Superior, WI extending along the Minnesota North Shore of Lake Superior to the Canadian border and along the southshore (unfunded) to the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore in Wisconsin.