2023 Early Hearing Detection & Intervention Conference
March 5-7, 2023 • Cincinnati, OH
5/21/2018 | 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM | PROTECTING INLAND LAKE NEARSHORE HABITAT THROUGH EDUCATION, ENGAGEMENT, AND CITIZEN SCIENCE IN MICHIGAN, USA | 320
PROTECTING INLAND LAKE NEARSHORE HABITAT THROUGH EDUCATION, ENGAGEMENT, AND CITIZEN SCIENCE IN MICHIGAN, USA
Healthy lake shorelines provide critical habitat, slow runoff, limit erosion, and maintain water quality. However, residential and commercial development along lakeshores can dramatically alter shoreline function. Habitat is lost, and water quality and biodiversity decline. We address these issues through coordinated education, engagement, and citizen science. The Shoreline Educators Training program has taught shoreline protection to over 200 natural resource professionals and volunteers, many of whom then serve as educators statewide, resulting in over 30 property owner workshops. Over 600 property owners have evaluated their practices using our new Shoreland Stewards online self-assessment. The new Shoreland Stewards Ambassador Training Program will utilize community based social marketing techniques to increase use of proper shoreline practices. Our citizen science program, Score the Shore, enables volunteers to assess and monitor an entire lake’s shoreline. In 3 years, volunteers have assessed 36 lakes (score range: 39-97 out of 100). Finally, to support individual protection efforts, our Certified Natural Shoreline Professionals program has trained over 200 people to install natural shorelines and biocontrol of erosion. As a result, Michigan individuals and communities have the needed knowledge, resources, and support to protect and rehabilitate nearshore habitat.
- Habitat
- Monitoring
- Restoration
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Jo A. Latimore
(), Michigan State University, latimor1@msu.edu;
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Bindu R. Bhakta
(), Michigan State University Extension, bhaktabi@anr.msu.edu;
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Erick Elgin
(), Michigan State University Extension, elgineri@msu.edu;
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Julia Kirkwood
(), Michigan Department of Environmental Quality, kirkwoodj@michigan.gov;
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Paul J. Steen
(), Huron River Watershed Council, psteen@hrwc.org;
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Marcy Knoll Wilmes
(), knollm@michigan.gov, knollm@michigan.gov;
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