Buffering shorelines and replanting denuded lands
Assembly Point residents work together to install a rain garden on Bob Tully's Assembly Point Road property. He installed a diverter on his impervious driveway to redirect rainfall into his own yard rather than allowing it to flow down the drive, across the road and into the lake. The rain garden will absorb some of the runoff. Native shrubs with deep roots were planted in this rain garden in late summer of 2013. Some impervious pavement was remove and replaced with pervious pavers to infiltrate water on site.
One of the best Land Use practices we can follow is to plant deep rooted trees and shrubs on our properties; the root system of a medium sized tree takes up thousands of gallons of water each day. These natural infiltrators can absorb runoff and which would otherwise flow into the lake or flood our homes. Hover over the pictures for captions.
One of the best Land Use practices we can follow is to plant deep rooted trees and shrubs on our properties; the root system of a medium sized tree takes up thousands of gallons of water each day. These natural infiltrators can absorb runoff and which would otherwise flow into the lake or flood our homes. Hover over the pictures for captions.
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Photos to the right show storm damage and residential remediation for denuded areas. Please hover over the photos for captions. |
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Rolf Ahlers regularly plants trees and deep rooted shrubs along wetlands near his house at the end of Knox Road
WINTER SHORELINES
Winter brings its own issues from the danger on roads due to ice to run off from melting snow and road applications for de icing. See ice and winter road issues by clicking this link:
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