Urgency! Accelerating Restoration and Climate Adaptation

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Lake Superior is experiencing record warm water temperatures, unprecedented beach closures, dramatic loss of ice cover, and severe weather events that have caused millions in damage to several communities. Learn how the Superior Watershed Partnership is accelerating climate adaptation planning and moving to implement projects that help address climate change and further Great Lakes restoration. This presentation was given by Carl Lindquist, Executive Director, Superior Watershed Partnership and Land Trust.

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Duluth, MN

Duluth, MN

Duluth, MN

Duluth, MN

Duluth, MN

“Substan)al  adapta)on  planning  is  

occurring….however,  few  measures  have  been  

implemented.”  

GREAT LAKES FISHERIES TRUST

“It’s  not  just  the  big  ci)es  where  change  is  happening.    It’s  also  in  towns  like  MarqueCe…where  our  

future  will  be  won”.        

~President  Obama  in  Marque2e,  February  10th,  2011  

www.superiorwatersheds.org