Keeping a shoreline healthy for cottage owners and wildlife

00:00 Welcome

00:23 Defining the shoreline/ribbon of life/riparian zone

02:14 Oligotrophic lakes

02:37 Mesotrophic lakes

03:02 Eutrophic lakes

05:09 septic systems and their effect on lakes

06:45 Keeping water on the property/ rain gardens

08:47 Stabilising the shoreline to prevent erosion

13:24 Preventing Geese on the property

14:00 General recommendations

15:04 Planning a shoreline garden

16:00 Planting strategy

20:27 Plants to consider for erosion prevention and rain gardens