Minnesota Sea Grant Scholarly Works

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    Cook County Winter Trail Use Study: Technical Report
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2003) Kreag, Glenn M; Skurla, James A; Lichty, Richard W; Jacobson, Jean; McTavish, Donald G; Barkataki, Malita; Paukner, Amber
    The following technical report on the Cook County resident survey was developed as a part of the larger research project “Tourism and Winter Trail-based Recreation: An economic and environmental comparison of motor and quiet sports.” The project was designed to document and compare the impacts of snowmobiling and cross country skiing in a destination county. It will measure the economic impacts and assess the perceived social and environmental impacts of these activities. This study employed questionnaires with snowmobilers and cross country skiers and survey local residents in Cook County, Minnesota. An understanding of the differences between motor sports (snowmobiling) and a quiet sport (cross country skiing) is useful in planning future development, minimizing negative impacts, and improving marketing decisions.
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    Cook County Winter Trail-based Visitor Study
    (University of Minnesota Duluth, 2003) Kreag, Glenn M; McTavish, Donald G
    Minnesota Sea Grant and the University of Minnesota Duluth Bureau of Business and Economic Research conducted the Cook County Winter Trail-based Visitor Study in the last quarter of 2002 (an atypical winter with little snow). Research assistants contacted a random sample of 162 households in Cook County, MN, by phone. A random adult in the home was asked a short set of questions about visitors who cross-country (x-c) ski and snowmobile in Cook County (65% cooperation). Additionally, 96 randomlychosen Cook County hospitality businesses were interviewed using the same questions (53% cooperation). The 51 business respondents and the residents, broken into two groups of 31 business owners or managers, and 74 non-business respondents, did not differ much in their perceptions of winter visitors. However, statistically significant differences in views are seen between respondents when grouped by their winter recreation participation (ski only, snowmobile only, both, and neither).
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    Erosion Hazard of Minnesota's Lake Superior Shoreline
    (University of Minnesota. Minnesota Sea Grant, 1990) Johnston, Carol; Sales, James; Bonde, John; Aunan, Tim; Raby, Richard
    The rugged beauty of bedrock cliffs rising from the waters of Lake Superior creates a memorable impression of Minnesota's Lake Superior coast. But unlike the resistant bedrock that creates beautiful vistas, some sections of the Minnesota shoreline are erosive sand or clay banks. Buildings and roads built in these areas are threatened by the gradual wearing away of the coast by the powerful waves of Lake Superior. While shoreline erosion can only be prevented at great expense, economic losses are minimized by knowing where and how fast shoreline erosion is likely to occur. Future problems are avoided by locating new structures and septic fields back from the bluff line to allow for the erosion that is expected to occur. Fortunately, the Minnesota Lake Superior shoreline has had relatively little development in comparison to other Great Lakes shorelines, so good planning can prevent future problems. There are several ways to identify erosion hazard areas. On-site monitoring of erosion is the most precise way to measure short-term erosion rates, but can be misleading as an indicator of long-term hazard if unusual conditions during the monitoring period cause uncharacteristically high or low erosion rates. Measuring shoreline recession from a time sequence of maps or aerial photos provides longer-term erosion rates. Shoreline geology also provides an indication of erosion hazard, because some types of geologic materials are more resistant to erosion than others. This study combined the latter two methods to produce maps of long-term shoreline erosion potential.
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    Neighborhood Voices: A Lincoln Park Climate and Water Impacts Survey
    (2024-01) Carlson, Jessy R; Sowers, Maia A; Bliss, Morgan; Rodman, Madison G; Sprague, Tiffany A
    In 2022, a survey of Lincoln Park neighborhood residents’ perspectives and observations was conducted in order to better understand community perspectives on solutions and challenges related to flooding in the neighborhood. The results of this survey suggest that respondents are concerned about increased flooding in their communities. Survey respondents reported that they feel it is the responsibility of the city and state to manage the problem, but also reported that they want more information about what they can do to mitigate the risk themselves. Additionally, they reported that they value existing green and blue spaces, and want more of them; they also stated that they feel it is important that these spaces serve to manage stormwater in addition to providing social benefits to community members. This document reports the results of that survey.
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    An Overview of the Lincoln Park Neighborhood: Vulnerability and Resilience
    (2024-01) Carlson, Jessy R; Bliss, Morgan; Rodman, Madison G; Sprague, Tiffany A
    This report is an effort to collect and share information about the Duluth, Minnesota, Lincoln Park neighborhood as a whole, with the intention of providing geographic, demographic, economic, social, and historical context for current and future water-related climate resilience projects. It was developed as part of the 2021-2024 Minnesota Sea Grant One Block at a Time Project.