Lake & Stream-Side Living Brochure
Understand and Protect Your Inland Lake or Stream
To learn more about your lake’s ecosystem, visit “Water on the Web”, a well written and easy to understand on-line educational resource brought to you through a collaborative partnership of the University of Minnesota and the National Science Foundation. waterontheweb.org.
Explore Your Watershed
To learn more about the watershed of which your lake is an integral part, please visit the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s on-line “Watershed Training Academy” at cfpub.epa.gov/watertrain/index.cfm
Ditch Lawn Fertilizer
To learn more about less harmful methods of caring for your lakefront lawn, visit the Michigan State University Turfgrass Science site at https://www.canr.msu.edu/turf/
Create a Rain Garden
For information on creating a lakefront rain garden, check out this one (of many) MSU Extension articles on the topic: https://www.canr.msu.edu/news/eight_simple_steps_to_creating_rain_gardens
Bring Back Natural Shorelines
To explore methods and practices for preserving or restoring natural features to your lakefront property shoreline, visit the Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership program website at mishorelinepartnership.org
Enroll in MiCorps
For more info about this outstanding program, visit the MiCorps website at micorps.net
Preserve Native Aquatic Plants
To learn more about the important role of aquatic plants in inland lake ecosystems, visit this well written Wisconsin DNR website resource at https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/topic/Lakes
Learn to Identify Exotic Species
To learn more about aquatic exotic species and what you can do to prevent and/or slow the spread of these destructive invaders, visit the MI Sea Grant program information website at miseagrant.umich.edu