Jim King
Governor Mark Dayton recently appointed Tofte resident Jim King to the Minnesota Lake Superior Coastal Program (MLSCP).
King, a Tofte Township supervisor, joins Cook County resident Keck Melby on the 15-person council which was set up to make recommendations to the Commissioner of the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on grant priorities, projects to receive grant funding, and the program’s annual administrative budget.
Membership is made up of three governor-appointed representatives from Carlton, Cook, Lake, and St. Louis Counties as well as three at-large members.
Minnesota’s Lake Superior Coastal Program offers annual grants for projects that address coastal issues in five basic interest areas including: coastal habitat protection and restoration; public access; historic preservation; community and natural resource planning; and coastal education and training.
Funds for these grants come from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.
Grant applicants include local municipalities, townships, and counties within the coastal boundary, as well as tribal governments, colleges, and coastal community schools, joint powers boards, sanitary sewer boards and nonprofit organizations.
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