Estuaries (Diving Deeper podcast, 4.22.09) The Lake Superior
site was proposed by Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle in May 2008, after
a two-year site selection process. The reserve will be managed
by the University of Wisconsin Extension. A nearly 17,000-acre
area of freshwater marshes, uplands, and river on the shores of
Lake Superior in Wisconsin has become the 28th member of NOAA’s
National Estuarine Research Reserve System in a designation
ceremony at Superior, Wis., on October 26. Federal, state, and
local officials welcomed the Lake Superior National Estuarine
Research Reserve to the system and celebrated with speeches and
a social gathering for the public. The new reserve is located in
Douglas County, in the northwestern corner of Wisconsin where
the St. Louis River flows into Lake Superior. Official
designation of the Lake Superior Reserve culminates a six-year
process beginning with site selection and continuing with
development of an environmental impact study and a comprehensive
management plan. This multi