Our Mission
To direct the development of a North Shore Management Plan with strategies for environmental protection and orderly growth along the North Shore of Lake Superior.
Our History
Minnesota’s Statewide Shoreland Management Program was conceived by the Legislature in 1969 as a cooperative effort of the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR) and local units of government.
In 1981, the Legislative Commission on Minnesota Resources (LCMR) funded a program evaluation that identified Lake Superior as a distinctive management unit, not adequately addressed by the existing Statewide Shoreland Management Program.
Recommendations from this evaluation called for the initiation and support of a local government effort to develop a shoreland management plan for the North Shore of Lake Superior.
Our
Board Members
Mayor Wade LeBlanc,
Chair
Representing City of Silver Bay
Commissioner Deb White, Vice Chair
Representing Cook County
Mayor Tracy Benson,
Representing City of Grand Marais
Administrator Tim Nelson,
Representing City of Beaver Bay
Councilor Todd Redmann,
Representing City of Two Harbors
Commissioner Rich Sve,
Representing Lake County
Commissioner Pat Boyle,
Representing St. Louis County
Supervisor Chuck Voss,
Representing Silver Creek Township
Supervisor Jim Ward,
Representing Duluth Township
Margaret Watkins,
Representing Grand Portage Nation
North Shore Management Board 