Attention Shoreline Property Owners

Would you like some answers on how to restore your shoreland, add buffer zones, and reduce fertilizers and phosphorus from going into your lakes?  WAPOA can help! Cost sharing opportunities may be available for you through the Crow Wing Soil and Water to do a buffer project. A buffer project is an area of land next to the lake that is cleared of existing weeds and grasses.  Native wildflowers and grasses that help the pollinators and butterflies are then planted. This buffer acts to filter the water running off the lawns to reduce the amount of fertilizers, pesticides and soil running off into our lakes.

Property owners will be provided with information to help start the process for their shoreline restoration project. To educate landowners that coir logs, native plants and blooming flowers can help restore your shoreline and help the pollinators.

Stay tuned for more information regarding speakers.

Examples of Shoreland Restoration

•  Rain gardens and storm water infiltration basins.

•  Buffer “No Mow Areas” with native plants along shorelines.

• Bank, slope, drainage swale and shoreland stabilization projects utilizing coir logs, native plants, willow wattles, shore socks or other bio-degradable materials.

• Repairing and stabilizing shoreland erosion problem areas.

• Other improvements that will reduce stormwater runoff into the lakes that is pre-approved.

Additional Information/Contact Person

Kristie Roedl, Director of Shoreland Restoration: kristieplummerroedl@gmail.com, 612-384-0881