Coastal Program Helps Birds Take a “Tern” for the Better
The Takeaway: At-risk species on Interstate Island is nesting and breeding again.
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Population of State Living in Coastal Areas
Coastal Employment
Annual Wages
Climate and Weather Disasters
(Affecting Minnesota 2010 to 2018)*
Of the total population of approximately 5.4 million in Minnesota, approximately 216,000 people live in coastal portions of the state.
Coastal Minnesota employs about 105,000 people annually, earning over $4.6 billion. This equates to over $10 billion in gross domestic product.
Eight billion-dollar disasters affected Minnesota between 2010 and 2018. The most recent weather disaster was a hail and high-wind storm in June 2017, which collectively caused $2.5 billion in damage to Minnesota and Wisconsin.
Sources:
American Community Survey Five-Year Estimates (NOAA Data)
*Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters (NOAA Website)
(All economic and demographic facts represent the latest data available [2015] and are regularly updated as new data become available)
The Takeaway: At-risk species on Interstate Island is nesting and breeding again.
Learn MoreThe Takeaway: A Lake Superior city has likely avoided millions of dollars in flood damage through smart stormwater planning.
Learn MoreThe Takeaway: This shoreline report, co-authored by a Digital Coast scientist, makes plain the critical importance of NOAA’s nature-based restoration projects in the Great Lakes region.
Learn MoreThe Takeaway: The Minnesota Coastal Zone Management Program, covering the state’s Lake Superior region, has invested more than $350,000 to enhance recreational trails, which bring millions of tourism dollars into the local economy.
Learn MoreThe Takeaway: NOAA and Wisconsin's coastal program deliver life jackets and a social media campaign.
Learn MoreThe Takeaway: Rip current conditions provided for Duluth, Port of Washington, and Milwaukee.
Learn MoreThe Takeaway: Creating sign language for “estuary” and other coastal terms, and trails that accommodate wheelchairs and the needs of the visually impaired—these are just two of the contributions from research reserves and coastal zone management programs.
Learn MoreThe Takeaway: The coastal management program and partners investigate causes and cures for declines in Lake Superior tributaries.
Learn MoreThe Takeaway: Digital Coast land cover data helped the coastal program study a trout stream’s water quality.
Learn MoreThe Takeaway: A NOAA-supported project to map Lake Superior locations of wild rice and foster its cultivation preserves the cultural legacy of the region’s Native Americans.
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