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Laurentian GIS Collaborative
Working with Municipalities in the Arrowhead Region
Kara Kent, GIS Specialist
Laurentian Vision Partnership
-Works with mining, government, business and community interests on the Mesabi Iron Range
-Mining process can create land forms to accommodate the residents, the environment, and the economy
Laurentian Vision Partnership
-Preserving lands necessary to sustain current and future mining
-Promoting landscape options for post mining uses
-Identifying and discussing new development opportunities
-Providing the tools to achieve these goals
Laurentian Vision Partnership
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Laurentian Vision Partnership
Laurentian GIS Collaborative
• Use GIS to make decisions
• Documentation
• Funding from USGS and IRR
Laurentian GIS Collaborative
• Pilot Communities: Babbitt, Biwabik, Chisholm, Eveleth, Keewatin, Mountain Iron, and Nashwauk
• Committee: Local decision makers and GIS professionals
Laurentian GIS Collaborative
• GIS Assessment
• Web Application
• Provide access to GIS data using the internet
Laurentian GIS Collaborative
Laurentian GIS Collaborative
North Shore GIS Collaborative
- GIS Assessment
- Committee
- Access to GIS data
North Shore GIS Collaborative
Next Steps?
Arrowhead Regional GIS Collaborative
- Include unique land use areas
- All other regional locations
Questions: kkent@ardc.org