Manage Your Shoreline to Protect
​it for Future Generations!

The Value of Shoreland Zoning
Take a look to see how shoreland zoning benefits us all.
Click on the button below.

Promotional Poster

      Please see the promotional poster below for connecting to a new native plant eGuide that Pat Goggin wrote and compiled over the last 7 years entitled “Guide to Native plants (a.k.a. Local Beings): 112 species that support clean water, wildlife habitat, and a happy soul.” 

      This 160-page guide has over 400 photographs and appendices of resources related to native plant gardening and ecological restoration design and installation. Click on the Guide to Native Plants button below.

Shoreline Stabilization
Guide for Home Owners

Alternatives to Rock Riprap for Your Shoreline

Reporter's Notebook:
​Covering the Impact of rock riprap on Minnesota Lakes.
Minnesota is armoring its
shorelines with rocks, but lakes
​are paying a price.

​Where to Plant
your trees, shrubs, 
and grasses
along your shoreline?
​    For a more in-depth look at trees, shrubs and grasses that would do well near the shoreline of your property, and their best-suited locations, check out the following website.

MICHIGAN NATURAL SHORELINE PARTNERSHIP

https://www.mishorelinepartnership.org/
       For information on the Oneida County Cost Share program, click the green cost share button on the left.

If you would like to submit a question for our 
"Frequently Asked Questions" page,
click on the FAQ's button below.