Shoreline Visit Program
Shoreline Visits offered by the Centre for Sustainable Watersheds
What is the Shoreline Home Visit Program?
The Shoreline Home Visit Program is a confidential one-on-one contact program for helping waterfront residents learn how to make their homes and properties more environment-friendly and wildlife habitat friendly. Each visit is approximately 1-2 hours long and is adapted to each individuals needs.
Waterfront residents receive recommendations from a personalized Shoreline Visit conducted by trained staff or volunteers. Some of the topics covered during a visit include:
· Prevention and control of shoreline erosion
· Protection of water quality from property runoff
· Creation of wildlife habitat
· Recommendations of native species suited to your site conditions
· Septic system maintenance tips and advice
· Much more......
What are the benefits of participating in this program?
· Increased awareness of best practices for living by water (shoreline buffer zones, creation of wildlife habitat
· to enhance properties and protect property values
· Useful practical information and hands-on learning
Testimonial from a shoreline resident who participated in the Visit Program
"The visit was much more than I imagined... I now know which plants are best to plant and why, how to protect the shoreline, care of my septic system, to resist raking leaves (preventing erosion), etc... We need information from these experts to do our part toward a healthy, aesthetic environment... The advisors were superb and are making a worthy contribution to the long range preservation of our watersheds...I enjoyed the visit and learned a great deal. The group at our lake was friendly, knowledgeable, informative, and extremely responsive. To find out more about this program or to book a visit.
Come visit the Living By Water Headquarters and the Watersheds Storefront in Portland-on-the-Rideau- located at 14 Water Street, (613) 272-5136
You can come talk to a Shoreline Consultant and pick up resource materials and stewardship information-learn about septics, erosion, native species and much more....
We also carry a full line of environmental health, home and beauty products, gifts, resource books, native plants and more...