Keeping a shoreline healthy for cottage owners and wildlife

00:00 Welcome00:23 Defining the shoreline/ribbon of life/riparian zone02:14 Oligotrophic lakes02:37 Mesotrophic lakes03:02 Eutrophic lakes05:09 septic systems and their effect on lakes06:45 Keeping water on the property/ rain gardens08:47 Stabilising the shoreline to prevent erosion13:24 Preventing Geese on the property14:00 General recommendations15:04 Planning a shoreline garden16:00 Planting strategy20:27 Plants to consider for erosion prevention and rain gardens