Minnesota. Department of Natural Resources
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2025
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Title
Score The Shore Survey [Minnesota]
Description
Score The Shore is a natural resources survey to estimate the amount of habitat in three lakeshore zones; shoreland, shoreline, and aquatic. This scoring process provides a simple method of ranking individual lake sites and the entire lake based on the amount of lakeshore remaining in natural condition. High: These sites have a very high percentage of unaltered habitat in each of the three Zones. Moderate: These sites also have a high percentage of unaltered habitat but at least one Zone has lower habitat quality than a "High" site. Low: These sites are typically developed and have a lower than expected amount of natural habitat. Very Low: These sites have been heavily altered by the removal of vegetation and related habitat., 1. Describe the lake-wide lakeshore habitat 2. Detect substantial lake-wide lakeshore habitat score changes over time 3. Compare lake-wide lakeshore habitat scores within and between watersheds and ecoregions to assess patterns and trends., Data collected from 2013 thru current year
Minnesota. Department of Natural Resources (n.d.). Score The Shore Survey [Minnesota]. . https://gisdata.mn.gov/dataset/2ed7f7ed-5814-49e5-baab-20d1b3e5c0ce (dataset)