Protect Your Shoreline With An Itasca Waters Shoreland Advisor
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Itasca County Resources:
Itasca Coalition of Lakes Association (ICOLA)
Itasca County Government Offices
Itasca County Environmental Services (218) 327-2857
- Zoning
- Subsurface sewage treatment systems
- Grading, filling and shoreland alteration permits
- Land Management Planning
Itasca County Aquatic Invasive Species Coordinator
PO Box 189, Grand Rapids, MN 55744
Email: Itasca.AIS.Coordiator@gmail.com
Telephone: 218-256-4243
Twitterfeed: @IC_AIS
Itasca Soil and Water Conservation District(SWCD)
Grand Rapids, MN (218) 326-0017
- Comprehensive Local Water Management Plan
- Technical and financial assistance for land and water conservation
- Shoreland Stewardship Award Program
- Watershed assessments
- Well sealing cost-share assistance
- Wetland Conservation Act (WCA) permits
Wes Libbey Northern Lakes Chapter of the Izaak Walton League
Northeastern Minnesota Resources:
- Their mission is to protect Minnesota’s water resources and the human and ecological communities that depend on that water from environmental degradation, particularly that caused by sulfide mining.
Minnesota Statewide Resources:
Legislative-Citizen Committee on MN Resources(LCCMR)
Minnesota Board of Water & Soil Resources (BWSR)
- Clean Water Fund Grants and Cost Sharing with Itasca County Soil and Water Conservation District(SWCD
Minnesota Coalition of Lakes Association(MNCOLA)
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources(MN DNR)
- SEEK - Sharing Environmental Education Knowledge
- Area Waters Hydrologist for Itasca County: erika.herr@state.mn.us (218) 327-4106
- Invasive Species
- Identify sensitive lakeshore in Itasca County
Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Advocates
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency(MPCA) Water Resources
Mississippi Headwaters Watershed Story Map
University of Minnesota Extension
- Shoreland programs
- Stormwater education
- Watershed education
The following Aaquatic invasive species identification fact sheets provided by University of Minnesota Extension:
National Resources:
EPA –Environmental Protection Agency
- Drinking water
- EPA - Lake Shoreland Protection Programs
- Wastewater
- Water quality
- Water bodies
