Welcome to the Lake Superior Headwaters Sustainability Partnership website!

This site serves as the place for sharing tools and information developed for the Landscape Conservation Design process for the St. Louis River Estuary (SLRE) Landscape. The website currently provides the following decision support tools and supporting information:

• Vision & Principles: review the vision and guiding principles established by the Partnership.
• Metrics Dashboard: review metrics developed for the SLR estuary and its contributing watersheds.
• Mapping Tools: view partner-identified locations and a variety of other spatial layers related to the estuary landscape boundary, habitat assessments, land cover and use, hydrography, monitoring activities, etc.
• Documentation: review and download documents relevant to the SLRE, its watersheds, and the partners who are working together on conservation goals.

Vision & Principles

This vision and guiding principles established by the partners are:

The Lake Superior Headwaters Sustainability Partnership establishes an inclusive and intentional framework for how and where we work to achieve a thriving estuary landscape and community. The principles of sustainability, resiliency, and equity guide our approach to managing our natural resources by including economic development and community health and well-being considerations.

In order to achieve this vision, we need to:

• Take a holistic approach to protecting and restoring the natural resources of the St. Louis River Estuary and surrounding watersheds that can be scaled up geographically over time,
• Build and improve the existing capacity and processes that enable us to work collaboratively,
• Work to improve ecological integrity and resiliency while furthering a sustainable relationship between humans and the environment,
• Incorporate human community needs and provide access to ecosystem services in an equitable manner,
• Develop trust and legitimacy in our efforts through knowledge sharing and effective facilitation, and
• Proactively identify emerging issues that may negatively impact achieving a healthy and thriving landscape.

Documents & References

Click the "view in browser" option to open a document in a new browser tab or "download" to download the desired file to your computer:

• Lower St. Louis River Landscape Conservation Design Scoping Report (March 11, 2021) [view in browser | download]
• Goals and Objectives for the Twelve Priority Concerns [view in browser | download]
• Restoration Vision for Allouez Bay (DRAFT, September 2022) [view in browser | download]
• Community Values and Experiences at Allouez Bay [view in browser | download]
• Headwaters Partnership Memorandum of Understanding [view in browser | download]
• Upper St. Louis Bay and Lower St. Louis River Landscape Stewardship Vision Map 2025 [view in browser | download]