St. Louis River Alliance
About St. Louis River Alliance
The St. Louis River Alliance works on the protection and restoration of the St. Louis River estuary, the shared water body between Duluth and Superior and one of the Great Lakes Areas of Concern targeted for cleanup under the binational restoration program.
The estuary's condition is one of the genuine environmental stories of this region: a century of sawmills, steel, coal, and shipping left substantial contamination, and the multi-decade remediation effort has been reopening habitat and public access along both shores.
For residents of the river neighborhoods on either side of the state line, the Alliance's cleanups, monitoring, and stewardship days are the most direct way to be involved.
Neighborhoods it serves
Flat, affordable, and across the bridge: the working half of the Twin Ports.
Billings Park (Superior)Superior's river bluff: a signature park, a view of Duluth, and the quietest streets in the city.
Spirit ValleyWest Duluth's main street, with a ski hill at the end of it.
Morgan ParkThe concrete company town US Steel built, and the neighborhood that outlived the mill.
Gary-New DuluthTwo company-era river towns that people now treat as one, and the service center for the far west end.
Fond du LacThe oldest community in Duluth, 14 miles from downtown, at the bottom of the lake.
Where these facts come from
- St. Louis River Alliance accessed 2026-08-13
Last reviewed 2026-08-13 by Guide editorial.