MN St. Louis River Area of Concern Habitat Projects - Non Management Action
Go to Section:- Overview
- Data Quality
- Data Organization
- Coordinate System
- Attributes
- Distribution - Get Data
- Metadata Reference
Section 1: Overview
Originator:Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Title:
MN St. Louis River Area of Concern Habitat Projects - Non Management Action
Abstract:
The dataset includes locations of habitat restoration and protection projects completed in the St. Louis River Area of Concern and described in a report titled: Habitat Restoration and Protection: St. Louis River Area of Concern, October 2020 (https://files.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/watermgmt_section/river/slrri/habitat-restoration-protection-slraoc-minneosta.pdf ). These projects are not included as management actions in the 2013 Remedial Action Plan but warrant consideration when evaluating removal of Beneficial Use Impairments related to loss of fish and wildlife habitat and degraded fish and wildlife populations.
Purpose:
These data provide information useful for evaluation of progress restoring and protecting habitat in the Minnesota portion of the St. Louis River Area of Concern.
Time Period of Content Date:
10/30/2020
Currentness Reference:
The dataset includes shape files assembled in 2019 and 2020 from multiple sources. Some were were digitized over the most current aerial photos available in 2019, others were imported from MN DNR or City of Duluth geodatabases that were up to date as of 2019.
Progress:
Complete
Maintenance and Update Frequency:
None Planned
Spatial Extent of Data:
St. Louis River Watershed
Bounding Coordinates:
-93.208055
-91.456459
47.784754
46.316812
Place Keywords:
St. Louis River, SLRRI, Northeast Minnesota, Duluth
Theme Keywords:
biota, planningCadastre, Habitat Restoration, Habitat Protection, Area of Concern, AOC, St. Louis River, SLR, SLRAOC, Beneficial Use Impairment, BUI
Theme Keyword Thesaurus:
Access Constraints:
None
Use Constraints:
See Distribution Liability
Contact Person Information:
Melissa Sjolund,
Habitat Coordinator
Minnesota DNR - Ecological and Water Resources
525 Lake Ave. S., Ste. #415
Duluth,
MN
55802
Phone: 218-302-3245
Email: melissa.sjolund@state.mn.us
Section 2: Data Quality
Attribute Accuracy:
Logical Consistency:
Completeness:
Generalized locations of project sites are represented. Precise project boundary information should not be inferred.
Horizontal Positional Accuracy:
Boundaries were digitally created using the most current aerial photography available as GIS basemaps in ArcMap. For most project sites, polygons were created after project completioin and do not represent field-collected location data.
Vertical Positional Accuracy:
Not Applicable
Lineage:
Polygons for the sites with the following Site_Code values were digitized over the most current aerial photo available by Patrick T. Collins, Minnesota DNR, Division of Ecological and Water Resources in 2019-2020: P2, P3, P4, P10, R1 though R10, R12 through R15.
For the remaing project locations, polygon data was imported from the sources indicated below:
P1 - MN DNR Scientific and Natural Areas program
P5 - MN DNR: Archives of Minnesota's Lake Superior Coastal Program
P6, P7, P8 - City of Duluth Natural Areas Program
P10 - MN DNR: Clippied from the Aquatic Management Area geodatabase
R11 - South St. Louis County Soil and Water Conservation District stream restoration project files
Section 3: Spatial Data Organization (not used in this metadata)
Section 4: Coordinate System
Horizontal Coordinate Scheme:
Universal Transverse Mercator
UTM Zone Number:
15
Horizontal Datum:
NAD83
Horizontal Units:
meters
Vertical Datum:
not applicable
Vertical Units:
Depth Datum:
not applicable
Depth Units:
Section 5: Attributes
Overview:
Project site names, project type, and map label code.
Detailed Citation:
Table Detail:
St Louis River Habitat Sites - Non Management Action - Habitat protection and restoration project sites in the Minnesota portion of the St Louis River MN Area of Concern not identified as Management Actions in the Remedial Action Plan| Field Name | Valid Values | Definition | Definition Source |
|---|
| Name | - | Project site name | |
| Type | enumerated | Primary project focus: Habitat restoration or habitat protection | |
| Protection | Project primarily focused on land acquisition or provision of administrative or land use controls to preserve habitat functions and values. | |
| Restoration | Project primarily focused on restoring or enhancing degraded ecologcal functions and values. | |
| Site_Code | - | Alphanumeric code used for map labels. Codes starting with "P" are for protection projects. Codes starting with "R" are for restoration projects. | |
Section 6: Distribution
Publisher:
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
Publication Date:
02/10/2021
Contact Person Information:
Zeb Thomas,
GIS Data Systems Coordinator
Minnesota DNR - GIS
500 Lafayette Rd
Saint Paul,
MN
55155
Phone: 651-259-5637
Email: zeb.thomas@state.mn.us
Distributor's Data Set Identifier:
env_st_louis_river_aoc_projects
Online Linkage: I AGREE
to the notice in "Distribution Liability" above. Clicking to agree will either begin the download process, link to a service, or provide more instructions. See "Ordering Instructions" above for details.
Section 7: Metadata Reference
Metadata Date:
02/03/2021
Contact Person Information:
Renee Samuelson,
Office & Administrative Specialist Intermediate
Minnesota DNR - Fish and Wildlife
525 Lake Ave. S., Ste. #415
Duluth,
MN
55802
Phone: 218-302-3252
Email: Renee.Samuelson@state.mn.us
Metadata Standard Name:
Minnesota Geographic Metadata Guidelines
Metadata Standard Version:
1.2
