![Gold Rock Point on Minnesota’s Lake Superior coast](https://images.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/lakesuperior/coastal-split-rock-25years.jpg)
Investing in natural, economic, recreational and cultural resources of Minnesota’s Lake Superior coastal area
![observation platform. Overlooking the Gooseberry River flowing into Lake Superior.](https://images.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/lakesuperior/coastal-gooseberry-river-overlook2.jpg)
Coastal management in Minnesota
- Financial assistance – grants
- Federal consistency review and enforceable policies
- Foundations of Minnesota’s coastal zone management program
- NOAA's Short Takes: Defining Coastal Management VIDEO (1 min.) »
![a tern holding a minnow in its beak.](https://images.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/lakesuperior/coastal-terns.jpg)
![Lake Superior cobble beach at Sugarloaf Cove.](https://images.dnr.state.mn.us/waters/lakesuperior/coastal-sugarloaf-cove-beach.jpg)