Spanning one quarter of a mile of Lake Superior’s shoreline in Northern Wisconsin sits Frog Bay Tribal National Park. Once up for auction to private bidders, Frog Bay Park is now a Tribal National Park in the United States. The preservation of this area has increased public access to Lake Superior and the Apostle Islands while simultaneously protecting the lake’s water quality. land Area
88 Acres
Funding
$488,000 $488,000 Donated by the Johnson family
Matched by the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative
Significance
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has deemed Superior’s shoreline as well as its inclusion of 88 acres of boreal forest teeming with plants and wildlife. The site also has a rich cultural significance for the Red Cliff Tribe, which has grown wild rice from the Frog Creek estuary. Frog Bay Tribal National Park opened in 2012 and will be enjoyed by the public for many years to come.
Collaboration
Frog Bay was preserved because of a collaborative effort among forward thinking individuals working at the federal, private and nonprofit levels.
Great Lakes. Great Impact.
this site globally significant because of its location on Lake
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The Great Lakes Restoration Initiative is working. It protects and revitalizes the world’s largest source of fresh surface water, and the region’s greatest economic and environmental resource. A Brookings Institution report shows that every $1 invested in Great Lakes restoration results in at least a $2 return in the form of increased fishing, tourism and home values.
Protecting Our Water. Rebuilding Our Economy. - Investment to date -
$1.6 Billion
43 7
- Funded -
2,080 Projects
In 1987
Areas of Concern* were identified in the Great Lakes *Toxic areas with high levels of pollution or ecological impairment Since 2010
Areas of Concern have been removed from the list
4 in the United States: » Presque Isle Bar, PA » Deer Lake, MI » White Lake, MI
Significance
» Oswego River, NY
The impact of the Great Lakes Restoration
3 in the Canada:
Initiative’s projects are invaluable. From 2010 through 2013, 42 different pollution problems
» Collingwood Harbour, ON
at 17 toxic hot spots were removed. That’s
» Severn Sound, ON
more than four times the amount of hots spots
» Wheatley Harbor, ON
cleaned up in the years prior to the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative. From 2004 to 2009, the Great Lakes region was the only area in the country to show a gain in wetland acreage. Collaboration To utilize resources from the Great Lakes
35
The Great Lakes Provide
Million Americans with drinking water
Restoration Initiative, government agencies at all levels, non-profits, foundations and concerned citizens have collaborated on projects to restore habitat and wetlands, clean up toxic pollution, combat invasive species and prevent runoff from farms and cities.