Benefits of a Healthy Shoreline
- Provides suitable habitat for microorganisms, fish, amphibians, insects, waterfowl, and small mammals.
- Provides life sustaining food, protective cover, and spawning, mating and nesting habitat.
- Filters water run-off and decreases nutrient loading into lakes and rivers.
- Limits the effects of wave action that may re-suspend sediments and destabilize banks.
- Positively contributes to water clarity.
