WIN A FREE SHORELINE REHABILITATION PACKAGE!

Increase property value!
Improve water quality!
Create wildlife habitats!
We all win!

The Bancroft Area Stewardship Council would like to offer a free shoreline rehabilitation package to one lucky member of the PLCA for the spring of 2020. The prize will consist of an assessment from a professional forester, and planting of up to 100 trees and/or shrubs. The planting will take place in May of 2020. The winner will be chosen based on their answer to “why do you want to win the shoreline rehabilitation?”

Anyone who owns property on the lake is eligible, but the winner must be a member of the PLCA. Not a member yet? You can join here.

Also, every property on the lake was assessed in 2016-2017 in our ‘Love Your Lake’ program and a confidential report was sent to all the owners. We hope that those of you who were rated as needing regeneration will enter, and become a winner!

*If you would like to include a photo, please make the file name your last name and email it to info@PaudashLake.org

Good Luck!

Six Key Benefits of a Natural Shoreline

(from LoveYourLake.ca)

1. Maintaining Water Quality

Shoreline vegetation filters polluted and contaminated runoff before it flows into the lake, preventing an altering of the water chemistry and excessive algae blooms.

2. Moderating Temperatures

The shade cast by plants provides fish and other wildlife, as well as people, with relief from the summer sun. Shade also reduces water evaporation from the soil. This is helpful for plants that require moist or wet conditions for survival.

3. Creating Wildlife Habitat

Over 70% of land-based wildlife and 90% of aquatic life depend on shorelines during some point in their lives. Reptiles, amphibians, fish, birds, insects and mammals use the shoreline for mating, rearing young, food, shelter and protection from predators. It’s why shorelines are known as the “ribbon of life.”

4. Mitigating Flood Frequency and Impacts

Buffers can reduce flooding by slowing the velocity of surface runoff so it absorbs into the ground and becomes groundwater. This reduces the amount of direct drainage into the lake, limiting flood potential and helping the lake regulate its water levels more easily.

5. Reducing Erosion

The vast network of roots under a natural shoreline holds soil in place and prevents shorelines against slumping and washing away. The leaves above ground reduce the impact of rain and surface water on the soil surface, and also the severity of wave action from water currents and boat wakes.

6. Maintaining or Increasing Property Values

Natural shorelines protect property values from decreasing due to loss of land, wind or water damage, and poor water quality. At the same time, as waterfront views improve, so too does the price of the property.