The Lake Superior Project

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A series of short features looking at the broad range of issues facing one of the world's largest resources: Lake Superior.

Lake Superior holds 10 percent of the world’s fresh water. It is an undeniably huge resource. The lake means different things to different people, whether it's a source of inspiration or income, or a favorite place to recreate or fish. WTIP North Shore Community Radio brings Lake Superior into focus with The Lake Superior Project, a series of 12 stories airing monthly throughout the year. We’ll take a closer look at the culture and history of the Lake Superior region and investigate issues like the impacts of climate change, invasive species, development, and industry as well as explore how people are coming together to protect and preserve the lake for generations to come. This project is funded in part by the Coastal Zone Management Act, by NOAA’s Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management, in cooperation with Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program. Hide full description

Lake Superior holds 10 percent of the world’s fresh water. It is an undeniably huge resource. The lake means different things to different people, whether it's a source of inspiration or income, or a favorite place to recreate or fish. WTIP North Shore Community Radio brings Lake Superior into focus with The Lake Superior Project, a series of 12 stories airing monthly throughout the year. We’ll take a closer look at the culture and history of the Lake Superior region and investigate issues like the impacts of climate change, invasive species, development, and industry as well as explore how people are coming together to protect and preserve the lake for generations to come. This project is funded in part by the Coastal Zone Management Act, by NOAA’s Office of Ocean and Coastal... Show full description


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A Cessna 185 disappeared in the fall of 1971, and no trace of the plane or its three occupants was found until nearly 12 years later. In this edit...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2016
  • Length: 07:46
Caption: The Lake Superior Project, Credit: Logo by Lauryl Loberg
Pharmaceuticals and other human-produced chemicals are appearing in northeast Minnesota's water and fish - even in remote and pristine lakes. In th...

  • Added: Apr 29, 2016
  • Length: 07:45
Caption: Curtis Gagnon, Credit: Curtis Gagnon
The 2016 John Beargrease Sled Dog Race will start on January 31. Born in 1858, John Beargrease, was the son of an Anishinaabe chief. He delivered m...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2016
  • Length: 07:13
Caption: The Lake Superior Project, Credit: Logo by Lauryl Loberg
There were many resorts that once flourished between the Cascade and Caribou Rivers along the North Shore. Most of those resorts are gone now…but s...

  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 08:10
Caption: The Lake Superior Project, Credit: Logo by Lauryl Loberg
Mic Mac Lake is a remote lake within Tettegouche State Park. Along its shore are a group of log buildings that used to be known as the “Tettegouche...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Oct 01, 2015
  • Length: 08:13
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: The Lake Superior Project, Credit: Logo by Lauryl Loberg
Last summer a group of students and adults from Bayfield, Wisconsin, traveled to Lake Baikal in Russia. The trip was part of a program to learn abo...

  • Added: Aug 31, 2015
  • Length: 07:47
Caption: The Lake Superior Project, Credit: Logo by Lauryl Loberg
There are eight Minnesota state parks between Gooseberry Falls and Grand Portage. One of those parks, Tettegouche, is located near Finland and feat...

Bought by KVSC and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jul 28, 2015
  • Length: 08:20
  • Purchases: 2
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Just outside of Finland, Minnesota, on the top of Lookout Mountain, is a Minnesota Superfund Site. Clean-up at this site has been an ongoing projec...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 06:53
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“North Shore: A Natural History of Minnesota’s Superior Coast” is a major new book written by naturalists Chel Anderson and Heidi Fischer, publishe...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 09:20
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We often rely on road salts for winter driving safety, but their use is controversial. In this edition of the Lake Superior Project, we learn about...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 07:27
  • Purchases: 1
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The Grand Portage National Monument area has higher levels of mercury than other parks around the Great Lakes. In this edition of the Lake Superior...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 1
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The moose population in northeast Minnesota has been in decline over the past decade. In this edition of the Lake Superior Project, Dr. Seth Moore ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis and Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Apr 08, 2015
  • Length: 08:36
  • Purchases: 2