Pictures of the Nemadji River

Photo Credit: Saint Louis River Citizens Action Committee.  The north fork of the Nemadji River.

Photo Credit: WDNR Coastal Wetlands.  A picture of a filled-in oxbow near the Wisconsin-Minnesota border. May 1995. Photograph, E.J. Judziewicz.

Photo Credit: WDNR Costal Wetlands.  Nemadji River Marshes. Aerial view of lower Nemadji River marshes near Superior Tank Farm. Note cut-off oxbow with pond surrounded by sedge meadow / shrub swamp, 15 Oct. 1996. Photograph, E.J. Epstein

Photo Credit: WDNR Coastal Wetlands.  Nemadji River Bottoms. Note the deeply incised clay banks that are primed for slumping. Photograph, E.J. Judziewicz.

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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Slump erosion on the Nemadji River.

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USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. Slump erosion on the Nemadji River.

Photo Credit: Saint Louis River Citizens Action Committee.  The Nemadji River also flows near the Nemadji Golf Course.  Unless fertilized properly, golf courses are often sources of polluted runoff into rivers and lakes.

Photo Credit: Saint Louis River Citizens Action Committee. This picture shows the massive sediment load carried by this river.

Our first sampling site is on the fishing pier at 31st Ave and 5th St, where we've spotted people - and ospreys - busy catching fish.

Our second sampling site is pictured here during flood stage in spring 2006.  The water, which is near the bottom of the bridge, has spread into the floodplain forest beyond the riverbanks.

The Nemadji empties into Superior Bay near the Burlington Northern ore docks, which look quite imposing from the ground.  The frozen river is carrying a lot woody debris caught in the ice.

An aerial picture of the same part of the river, showing the Nemadji as it releases a cloud of sediment into Lake Superior through the Superior Entry

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