Sustainable Communities Network: Protecting Water Quality with Shoreline Restoration

Protecting Water Quality with Shoreline Restoration

Join us for an engaging session on shoreline restoration and learn how natural shorelines play a vital role in protecting water quality and sustaining healthy lake ecosystems.

Pete Guck, Riparian Conservation Specialist with the East Otter Tail Soil and Water Conservation District, will discuss the current state of lakeshore development in our region and explore how restoring and preserving natural shorelines can help reduce pollution, support wildlife habitat, and improve the long-term health of our lakes.

Whether you’re a lakeshore property owner, outdoor enthusiast, or simply someone who cares about clean water, you’ll come away with practical insights and actions you can take to support this important work.

How this connects to the Region 4 Climate Action Plan: 

• Protecting natural waterways and lakes through addressing invasive species, pollution, recreation, fishing, wild rice, etc.
• Promote reduced home fertilizer usage to reduce and eliminate water runoff capable of causing water quality impacts on the region’s surface water (such as algae blooms and low oxygen levels which harm fish)

How this connects to the Sustainable Development Goals: 

• Goal 14: Life Below Water
• Goal 15: Life On Land

Click here to register to attend.

Sustainable Communities Network 

We invite you to join the Sustainable Communities Network and get connected to actionable climate and sustainability solutions! In the Sustainable Communities Network, you’ll connect with climate and sustainability experts and people like you working on solutions that support a resilient and sustainable future for our region.

Goals:

1. Connect people to actionable solutions to create more sustainable communities, now and in the future.

2. Build relationships across the region with each other and with the people and organizations creating positive change in their own communities.

3. Champion success stories and innovative projects that can be supported or replicated in other communities.

The topics and goals of the group are grounded in both the Minnesota Region 4 Climate Action Plan and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals that are part of our strategic framework.