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In 2005, a survey of the St. Louis River was completed through a collaborative effort between Fond du Lac’s Resource Management Division, the 1854 Treaty Authority, and Minnesota DNR Fisheries.

The St. Louis River Alliance was created to monitor the Remedial Action Plan and the restoration of the AOC. The SLRA developed the 2002 Lower St. Louis River Habitat Plan. This plan has been helped resource management agencies and local communities. This collaborative process was useful during development of the 2013 Roadmap to Delisting document for the AOC

The Conservancy is assisting with a project just below the Fond du Lac Dam on the main channel of the St. Louis River to improve fish spawning on 8,800 square feet of river channel.

The Corps offers planning & technical assistance and contract management to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) to assist in their effort to delist their beneficial use impairments in the St. Louis River and Bay AOC.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Environmental Contaminants program at the Twin Cities Ecological Services Field Office has been an active partner within the lower the St. Louis River conservation community for more than 13 years, assisting with fixing contaminated sediments, investigation of chemical effects, as well as a variety of other fish and wildlife habitat projects.

In response to citizen demands to clean up the St. Louis River, the Minnesota Legislature created the Western Lake Superior Sanitary District in 1971 to improve and protect the waters of the St. Louis River and its tributaries. In 1974, additional legislation was passed, giving WLSSD the added responsibility of solid waste management.

• pollution prevention,
• stopping aquatic invaders,
• boating safety,
• commercial shipping.