St. Louis River Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy Report

The St. Louis River Watershed (SLRW) is located in northeastern Minnesota, in the Lake Superior Basin and in the Northern Lakes and Forests ecoregion. The watershed covers portions of St. Louis, Carlton, Pine, Aitkin, and Itasca counties. This report addresses the portion of the watershed in Minnesota upstream of the Fond du Lac dam. The urban streams below the Fond du Lac dam in the urbanized Duluth area are being addressed as part of a separate effort, as is the Cloquet River Watershed. The Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa has federal Clean Water Act jurisdiction for waters of the reservation, which is located in the downstream portion of the SLRW. The Fond du Lac Band has established water quality standards for its waters, and implements a water quality monitoring, assessment, protection, and restoration program on the reservation. Waterbodies within the Fond du Lac Band are not addressed in this Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy (WRAPS) report.