Restore Your Shore
The Restore Your Shore instructional CD ROM is a powerful multimedia program for shoreland owners and professionals to use in implementing shoreland restoration and protection projects.
The Restore Your Shore program will enable you to:
- Develop a deeper understanding of shoreland ecosystems and natural shoreland management.
- Discover how lakeshore problems similar to your own have been resolved through innovative approaches. Follow four different shoreland owners' experiences as they share their shoreland transformation projects.
- Create your own plant list from an extensive interactive database of over 400 native plant species (photos included!). Select native plant species suitable for planting in your area. Find out what to plant and what not to plant.
- Use worksheets and forms that will guide you step by step through the design and implementation process. Watch your project unfold and enjoy the transformation that takes place.
Background
Shoreline degradation, erosion and increasing development pressures have prompted Minnesotans to take action. We now recognize how our activities can affect the health of the shoreland:
- Lawns stretched to the shoreline remove habitat for native animals.
- Removal of native vegetation--from upland trees to underwater plants--destroys natural cover and water quality protection.
- The chronic use of fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides can contaminate the water and disrupt natural processes.
Fortunately we have an opportunity to bring about change. The Restore Your Shore CD ROM will guide you through the process of protecting a natural shoreline or restoring a degraded shore with a natural buffer zone.
The very popular book Lakescaping for Wildlife and Water Quality was a catalyst to the DNR's lakescaping initiatives. Numerous lakeshore restoration demonstration sites and a series of 14 shoreland property owner workshops followed the publication of the book. A product of the Division of Ecological Resources Ecosystem Education Program, the Restore Your Shore CD ROM is a continuation of the DNR's lakescaping series, providing a powerful tool to use in implementing shoreland projects.
The CD-ROM can be purchased for $29.95 plus shipping and, in Minnesota, sales tax from Minnesota's Bookstore. If buying in bulk quantities, be sure to ask about discounted rates.
Minnesota's Bookstore
660 Olive Street
St. Paul, MN 55155
tel. (651) 297-3000 Twin Cities metro or nationwide toll free (800) 657-3757
TTY: (651) 282-5077 or (800) 657-3706
fax. (651) 215-5733
For more information, contact: Minnesota DNR Information Center
Phone: (651) 296-6157 Twin Cities metro or nationwide toll free (888) 646-6367
TTY: (651) 296-5484 or toll free (800) 657-3929.
E-mail: info.dnr@state.mn.us
