Reducing Lawn Fertilizer and Planting Native Shorelines Helps Stop Algae Blooms
Reducing Lawn Fertilizer and Planting Native Shorelines Helps Stop Algae Blooms
Natural Shorelines help our lakes' water quality, wildlife, and pollinators. Learn how you can become a Lake Steward and join others across Minnesota in helping to keep our lakes healthy and beautiful.
This shoreline series is a project with Minnesota Lakes and Rivers Advocates. Go here to learn more about the Sauk River Chain of Lakes Association's Lake Steward initiatives.
Beer & Blooms
2026 Beer & Blooms
Join the Sauk River Watershed District on July 9 for a tour of great gardens in the Cold Spring area! Featured will be anything from perennial gardens to shoreline restoration. Tour stops include both public and private property. Group meets at the school’s DEF Building parking lot, caravan from location to location, and end our tour at Third Street Brew house. There will then be a presentation on perennial planting. Participants will receive handouts, brochures, and a chance to win prizes!
Register through ROCORI Community Education HERE.
Appetizers are included, and a cash bar will be available!
Questions? Contact Kory @ kory@srwdmn.org.
‘Quit mowing’: Turning Minnesota lake homeowners into shoreline stewards, one lawn at a time
‘Quit mowing’: Turning Minnesota lake homeowners into shoreline stewards, one lawn at a time
Over the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing more of MPR’s Kirsti Mahron articles in her "Trouble by the Water" series, covering wake impacts, pros/cons of riprap, and shoreline steward programs. This next MPR article describes the journey that prompted Dorothy Whitmer of the Gull Lake chain to create the Lake Steward program, which has been adopted by dozens of lake associations across the state, including the SRCLA!
Click here to read the article.
To learn more about the SRCL Lake Steward Program, check out the information here, and the current Lake Stewards on the Chain here.
10 key data points and graphs about loss of shoreline on Minnesota’s lakes
MPR News: 10 key data points and graphs about loss of shoreline on Minnesota’s lakes
Over the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing more of MPR’s Kirsti Mahron articles in her "Trouble by the Water" series, covering wake impacts, pros/cons of riprap, and shoreline steward programs. This article has a lot of great information about recent trends regarding the development of shorelines across Minnesota. It includes a look-up table of shoreland building permits by county. Here’s what Stearns Co. look like:
There are also look-up tables for shoreline habitat quality and nutrient impairment by lake. To read the full article click here.
On Cross Lake, loons make the case for protecting Minnesota's wild shores
MPR News: On Cross Lake, loons make the case for protecting Minnesota's wild shores
Over the coming weeks, we’ll be sharing more of MPR’s Kirsti Mahron articles in her "Trouble by the Water" series, covering wake impacts, pros/cons of riprap, and shoreline steward programs. This article highlights yet another great reason to promote natural shorelines…great habitat for loons! While the Chain has relatively few nesting pairs (most loons are just passing through in the spring and fall), there are some. And who doesn’t want to encourage more loons to live on the Chain?
