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Establishment of a Natural Buffer at a Public Beach on Portage Lake

Summer, 2000.  Made possible through an Outdoor Heritage Grant

Original condition


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  Community members plant the buffer.

   Note the black silt fence installed between the disturbed area and the lake, to prevent sediment from getting into the water.


One year after planting.

 

Note the path lined by
stones, which leads to
the beach. 


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