Park Point Beaches

about park point beaches

Mission

To provide accurate and timely information to the public about the conditions on Park Point Beach, a Lake Superior sandbar within the City of Duluth, Minn.

Duration

Beach conditions are updated hourly from June 15 through October 15.

Collaborators

University of Minnesota Sea Grant Program
Project lead: Jesse Schomberg, jschombe@d.umn.edu

University of Minnesota Duluth, Natural Resources Research Institute
Project lead: George Host, ghost@nrri.umn.edu

University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute
Project lead: Gene Clark, gclark1@uwsuper.edu

Michigan Sea Grant and NOAA Center of Excellence for Great Lakes and Human Health
Project lead: Sonia Joseph Joshi, sonia.joseph@noaa.gov

Partners

• MN Department of Health
• City of Duluth Parks and Recreation Department
• Duluth Fire Department
• Duluth National Weather Service Office
• Duluth Y
• Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program
• Northland Red Cross
• Visit Duluth

technical support

• Norm Will, nwill@nrri.umn.edu, Natural Resources Research Institute
• Jane Reed, jane@red-pebble.com, Red Pebble Web Design

funding

This website is possible through support from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, under Assistance Agreement No. GL-00E00632-0.