Duluth's Lincoln Park revamp incorporates stormwater treatment,…

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Duluth park revamp incorporates stormwater treatment, aids trout Lincoln Park’s $4.2M revitalization tapped a host of partners, funding sources; Clean Water Fund-backed work will help to improve habitat in Miller Creek VIDEO: “Stormwater Management at Lincoln Park” DULUTH — Clean Water Funds from the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources supported inconspicuous elements of the highprofile, $4.2 million Lincoln Park revitalization in its namesake neighborhood: the bioswales, biofiltration basins, rock-armored culverts and native plantings that treat stormwater before it enters Miller Creek. A designated trout stream with a temperature impairment, Miller Creek flows from the heavily developed Miller Hills Mall area through the 45-acre park on its way to Lake Superior. Stormwater best management practices tucked against hillsides and parking lots at Lincoln Park will filter, slow and cool previously untreated runoff from the park and the surrounding neighborhood. from the standpoint of stormwater management, in the 100-some years of existence of the park — creating those systems for the first time,” said Cliff Knettel, senior parks planner for Duluth’s parks and recreation department. “Really, we’re at Step 1, Untreated stormwater Top: Stormwater management elements of Duluth’s Lincoln Park revitalization focus on filtering, slowing and cooling runoff before it enters Miller Creek, left. That work draws from a $426,640 Clean Water Fund grant BWSR awarded to the South St. Louis SWCD, which serves as the fiscal agent. A crew from Rachel Contracting was at work on Sept. 14, 2023. Most of the heavy construction work was complete by Sept. 30. Photo Credits: Ann Wessel, BWSR Left: Stormwater best management practices tucked against hillsides and parking lots in Duluth’s Lincoln Park will filter, slow and cool previously untreated runoff from the park and the surrounding neighborhood. Middle: Cliff Knettel, senior parks planner for Duluth’s parks and recreation department, right, points out elements of the city’s Lincoln Park revitalization on Sept. 14, 2023, with Ryan Hughes, BWSR Northern Region manager. Right: Miller Creek flows through Lincoln Park and then runs underground before it outlets into Lake Superior. Clean Water Fund-backed stormwater management work included planting native forbs and shrubs, seen at bottom left, which will benefit pollinators. can carry sediment and pollutants.