Why Buffer Zones?
♥ Stabilize shoreline to help reduce erosion
♥ Increase fish and wildlife habitat
♥ Provide corridors for wildlife
♥ Filter nutrients and pollutants
♥ Trap sediments
♥ Reduce lawn maintenance
♥ Naturalize your property
♥ Discourage nuisance wildlife
♥ Control insects naturally
♥ Reduce the impact of water from upland sources
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Frequently Asked Questions!
Q. Why should I install a Buffer Zone?
A. All of us who have the privilege of owning lakeshore property have an environmental duty to protect our lakes. The single most important thing that you can do to to improve water quality, increase wildlife habitat and protect against shoreline erosion is to install a Buffer Zone!
Q. Isn't a Buffer Zone just a lot of tall grass that looks messy and unkept?
A. No! Creating a Buffer Zone with a combination of native perennial wildflowers, grasses and shrubs will make your shoreline beautiful all year long. Your shoreline can be the envy of your lake!
Q. How much maintenance does a Buffer Zone require?
A. For optimum beauty the dead topgrowth from last years plants should be cut down and removed each Spring. During the growing season for the first few years there will be a small amount of weeding that should be done. Less time will be spent maintaining your Buffer Zone than would have been spent maintaining the lawn it is replacing!
Q. When do I get flowers and a thick stand of plants?
A. Most plants will bloom the first year! By the end of the second season all plants should flower and by the third season you will have a thick stand of plants!
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