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LAKE PROTECTION GRANTS Eligible Activities State Stats. 281.69 (3)

LAKE PROTECTION GRANTS Eligible Activities State Stats. 281.69 (3) . Land Acquisition & Easements - $200,000 Wetland & Shoreland Restoration - $100,000 Local Ordinance Development - $50,000 Activities in an Approved Plan - $200,000 Lake Classification - $50,000.

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LAKE PROTECTION GRANTS Eligible Activities State Stats. 281.69 (3)

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  1. LAKE PROTECTION GRANTS Eligible ActivitiesState Stats. 281.69 (3) • Land Acquisition & Easements - $200,000 • Wetland & Shoreland Restoration - $100,000 • Local Ordinance Development - $50,000 • Activities in an Approved Plan - $200,000 • Lake Classification - $50,000

  2. Shoreline Habitat Restoration Technical Standard 643a “Shoreland Habitat” • Up to $100,000 • Min. requirements for full financial assistance 35ft deep on 70% of lot per NR 115 • 3 layers of vegetation • Perpetual deed • $250 incentive payment • Can include erosion & runoff control • Grants can be just for technical assistance (planning & design)

  3. 200’ Lake How Shorelands are Regulated View corridor 35’ Buffer Buffer 75’ from OHWM • Minimum lot sizes • Structure setbacks • Vegetative Cutting • Filling/grading • Nonconforming uses • limited House 100’

  4. Why a Deed Restriction? • Public funds invested in private property. • Shouldn’t be paying landowners to comply with shoreland zoning ordinances • Zoning is not protective and can change • Landowners will change and “undo” the restoration

  5. Opportunities Under Plan Implementation Planning Grants are available to monitor and assess shoreline condition and put it in a management plan. Three-tiered Monitoring Approach Identify the 3-10 things every riparian and lake organization should do on their property to protect their lakes. Enhance Shoreland Vegetation Control Runoff Etc. Make it easy for them to do that. Immediate Reward for Lake Planning

  6. The Menu • Administration • Promotion and Recognition • Technical Assistance • Ordering and distributing plants and materials • Site visits and sketch plans • Installation/certification • Shoreland Plants • Shoreland plantings w/in 35 ft • Other plantings • Runoff Management • Rain Gardens • Permeable Paving • Removing impervious surface, structures in 35 ft. • Infiltration pits and trenches • Side yard buffers • Gulley and erosion repair • Other runoff management • In-lake habitat • Fish stix • Aquatic plantings

  7. Shoreland Stewardship Initiative Incentivize and remove barriers for better shoreland management • Streamlined Incentives (grants) • Education Outreach Campaign • Contractor and Staffing Training • Recognition?

  8. THE CHALLENGE • What will work, what won’t • What messages, who best to deliver • How do we put what you learned into practice? • Does it have to be uniform? • Money isn’t a barrier • Technology isn’t a barrier • Dec 2014 – Consolidated grant application

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