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St. Louis County asks LCCMR for Scandia Cemetery shoreline protection after human remains found; $325,000 startup request fails
Summary
St. Louis County asked the commission for $2.55 million to build a permanent retaining wall to stop shoreline erosion that has exposed graves at Scandia Cemetery in Duluth. Commissioners declined a $325,000 startup appropriation after debate over fund eligibility and precedent.
St. Louis County told the Legislative-Citizen Commission on Minnesota Resources on June 11 that urgent shoreline erosion along Lake Superior has exposed human remains at the historic Scandia Cemetery in Duluth, and the county requested $2,550,000 from the trust fund's emerging-issues account to design and build a permanent shoreline protection measure. The commission declined a startup appropriation.
Rachel Gregg, St. Louis County civil engineer and Scandia Cemetery project lead, told commissioners that in August 2024 a child discovered human bones on the Lake Superior shoreline next to Glensheen Mansion and that field surveys subsequently documented multiple exposed fragments. Gregg said historical shoreline retreat in the area is about 12 to 20 inches every 10 years, based on UMD studies, and the county proposed constructing a…
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