Plantings along a shoreline provide many critical benefits to the health of lakes and creeks.
Restore Your Shore
Shoreline and streambank plantings create natural buffer areas between lakes and creeks and upland areas.
Buffer zones planted with native species help:
- Reduce erosion
- Provide bank stabilization
- Filter stormwater runoff
- Provide wildlife habitat
- May reduce algal blooms
Grants
Nine Mile Creek Watershed District provides Cost Share grants for shoreline restoration projects that take place within District boundaries.
Resources
DNR’s Restore Your Shore
Blue Thumb- Planting for Clean Water
The Buffer Zone (PDF)