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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
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Laurentian GIS CollaborativeWorking 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 Pits & Piles to Lakes & Landscapes
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
North Shore GIS Collaborative • GIS Assessment • Committee • Access to GIS data
Next Steps? Arrowhead Regional GIS Collaborative • Include unique land use areas • All other regional locations Questions: kkent@ardc.org