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St. Louis River Area of Concern AOC Coordinators Federal Agency Support Current RAP Partners Minnesota Pollution Control Agency United State Environment Protection Agency (Region 5) Arrowhead Regional Development Commission St. Louis River Area of Concern Duluth, MN Great Lakes National Protection Offi ce City of Duluth (218) 302-6623 Chicago, IL City of Superior 2013 Progress Report (312) 886-9853 Community Action Duluth –Duluth Stream Corps Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources www.epa.gov/grtlakes/aoc/stlouis/index.html Douglas County, Wisconsin Offi ce of the Great Lakes Madison, WI United State Fish and Wildlife Service Duluth Seaway Port Authority (608) 267-0700 Twin Cities Ecological Services Field Offi ce Lake Superior BiNational Program Prepared by the St. Louis River Alliance, a partner of the Area of Bloomington, MN Lake Superior National Estuarine Research Reserve( NERR) Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (612) 725-3548 Metropolitan Commission –Harbor Tech Advisory Committee Concern Coordination Team which includes: Duluth, MN United State Fish and Wildlife Service Minnesota Sea Grant (218) 525–0853 x209 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Offi ce Minnesota Lake Superior Coastal Program Ashland, WI Minnesota Land Trust Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa (715) 682-6185 Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Fond du Lac Resource Management Natural Resources Research Institute (NRRI) Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Cloquet, MN US Army Corps of Engineers –Detroit District St. Louis River Alliance (SLRA) (218) 878–7122 Detroit, MI 48226 Th e Nature Conservancy Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (313) 226-2223 South St Louis Soil and Water District (SSLSWD) Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) National Oceanic Atmosphere Administration US EPA Midcontinent Division NOAA Restoration Center, Great Lakes Region Oak Harbor, OH US Geological Survey (USGS) (419)-898-3631 University of Wisconsin Superior (UWS) www.habitat.noaa.gov/restoration/regional/greatlakes.html West Wisconsin Land Trust Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD) Wisconsin Coastal Program Wisconsin Sea Grant 1854 Treaty Authority Funded by: 2010 2011 2012 2013 2025 Great Lakes Restora ve Spirit Island protected. Priority restora on AOC-wide sediment Area of Recovery Ini a ve established. project planning & characteriza on analysis achieved and possible Naturally reproducing sturgeon iden fi ed in implementa on at 40th & complete. de-lis ng. Clough Island estuary. st protected. 21 Ave W. St. Louis River SLRIT clean up and restora on complete. Duluth Stormwater Implementa on Superior completes Framework Completed. stormwater sewer Na onal Audubon Society names estuary Overfl ow Tanks separa on. Important Birding Area. completed. Front Cover Photo Credits Left to Right: Working Harbor Piping Plover Habitat Improvement Project. Jack Ezell, Richard Hamilton Smith, Community Action Duluth Photo by Lynelle Hanson 2 11 Area of Concern to Area of Recovery St. Louis River Estuary Area of Recovery by 2025 restoring the Area of Concern to an planning eff ort funded by the GLRI Introduction While parts of the upper estuary are logging industry. Iron, shipbuilding, Area of Recovery. which has involved input from over almost wilderness-like, the lower and the grain trade were major Th e Duluth-Superior Harbor is Th is report provides a summary of 100 partners. estuary was dredged and fi lled industries in the 1880s. Other America’s busiest inland port. It is a Today, partnerships are strong and activities completed on the St. Louis State, federal and local agencies, to accommodate shipping traffi c industries included brewing, railway tremendous asset to the Twin Ports the potential is high for funding River over the past 24 years to restore the Fond du Lac Tribe, and other beginning in the 1860s. Th is created cars, iceboxes and refrigerators, fl ax, region - an area rich with natural restoration eff orts. Federal funding is and revitalize this unique resource. partners will release this consensus the largest industrial port on the shoes, cigars and cigarettes, and coke resources for commercial and through the Great Lakes Restoration framework “roadmap” this year. Great Lakes. Th e Duluth entrance from Lake Erie coal. Superior became recreational growth. Initiative (GLRI), and the Great Th ese eff orts have addressed the (now the site of the famous canal and a major petroleum-refi ning site. Lakes Legacy Act (GLLA) and state It will provide a multi-year signifi cant pollution and habitat Th is report celebrates many lift bridge) was constructed in 1871 Duluth-Superior is now a regional funding is through Minnesota’s comprehensive strategic action plan issues that led to the 1989 listing important actions that have taken to provide an alternative entrance to hub for a variety of transportation Legacy Funds and Wisconsin’s that will clearly identify actions of the St. Louis River as an Area place in the Area of Concern since the original Superior entrance. modes; highway, rail, pipeline, Knowles-Nelson Stewardship Fund. necessary to remove the nine of Concern (AOC), one of the 43 its formal designation in 1989. Th e air and waterborne shipping. Th e Benefi cial Use Impairments and most polluted sites around the Great St. Louis River estuary was heavily Th e estuary has experienced many Duluth-Superior Harbor is America’s ultimately delist the AOC – by 2025! Lakes. Th e ultimate goal is to “delist” impacted by historic land uses, “We have a really diverse changes over the past 150 years. busiest inland port with 1,000 vessels Future reports will highlight progress the AOC. dredging and the release of harmful fi shery and the quality is really Logging cleared the landscape visiting annually carrying $2 billion made towards the ultimate goal of chemicals. high… I would challenge you of vegetation for some time. It is in cargo and supporting 2,000 local delisting the AOC. Progress has been achieved to fi nd a higher quality fi shery estimated that between 50 and 100 jobs with a $210 million economic Over the years, nearly one-third of through collaborative eff orts near a quarter million people.” We look forward to a bright dams existed along the St. Louis impact. the St. Louis River Estuary has been between the local, state, and federal John Lindgren future that includes a healthy St. River during the 1800s to serve the fi lled or dredged. Th ese actions from agencies, Fond du Lac Tribe, the years prior to environmental Fisheries Biologist Louis River, an economically and MDNR AOC Coordinator ecologically sustainable asset for all. non-governmental organizations, regulation led to the loss of academia, and the general public. important habitat and a legacy of contaminated sediments. Th ere are also other state and local Th e Great Lakes Start Here! While we refl ect on the successful funding sources. Formal delisting of Th e St. Louis River is the second eff orts to correct some of these the Area of Concern is within reach! largest river fl owing into Lake legacy concerns over the past 24 Th e St Louis River AOC Superior, running 179 miles from years, we know much more work Implementation Framework is northeastern Minnesota through the remains. Fortunately, the time is ripe being developed this year. Th is is St. Louis River Estuary to its outlet for bold eff orts to fi nish the job of an exciting cooperative strategic at the Duluth/Harbor. Th e natural outlet is near Superior, Wisconsin. AOC Milestone Timeline Th e St. Louis River Estuary is a 12,000-acre area located along the 1989 1992 1995 2002 2005 2008 river’s reach that runs between the St. Louis River AOC listed Nine Benefi cial Use St. Louis /Red River Lower St Louis River Hog Island -Newton MN & WI jointly cities of Duluth, Minnesota and under Great Lakes Water Impairments formally Streambank Protec on Habitat Plan completed. Creek remedia on developed BUI Superior, Wisconsin. Th is area Area protected 5,000 Quality Agreement. listed. Lake Superior Beach completed. Removal Targets. acres & 5 miles of includes shallow backwaters, bays Monitoring Program shoreline. Magney-Snively Duluth MN Legacy Funds ini ated. Natural Area Program established. and islands that provide ideal habitat designated. for many resident and migratory bird and wildlife species. It is a unique ecosystem with regional and global signifi cance. St. Louis River Estuary. Photo by Diane Desotelle 10 3 St. Louis River Area of Concern Achievements Current Eff orts In the 1980s, 43 Areas of Concern Th ere is no clear documentation on • Th e cities of Superior and Duluth have done substantial work to Remediation and/or Restoration (AOC) were listed as the most pol- how industries and municipalities in control wastewater overfl ows that are due to excess stormwater Projects Underway in 2012: luted areas around the Great Lakes the Duluth-Superior area handled entering the sanitary sewer system. by the Canada-US Great Lakes Water their solid and liquid wastes prior to • Conceptual designs for 40th • Sediment quality studies and data management projects are being Quality Agreement. Th ese AOCs the 1970s. A number of industries Ave W. Duluth. 8 share a history of past industrial uses discharged directly and indirectly carried out by joint eff orts between Wisconsin and Minnesota. when, prior to environmental regula- into the estuary. Th e AOC contains • Beach monitoring programs by both states provide information and • Conceptual designs for 21st tion, dumping waste on land and in several sites that are known to con- education on the human health component at AOC area beaches. Ave W. Duluth. 9 water was commonplace. tain hazardous wastes and chemical contaminants from these discharges. • Education and information on preventing the spread of aquatic • Several hundred pilings Th ese past practices left “legacy” invasive species is provided to boaters and the public is provided by removed from Radio Tower pollutants in bottom sediment, which Th ese conditions led to a listing of both states.
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