{"id":13302,"date":"2019-10-03T13:26:57","date_gmt":"2019-10-03T17:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/?p=13302"},"modified":"2024-08-13T13:47:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T17:47:21","slug":"attractive-buffer-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/2019\/10\/03\/attractive-buffer-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"Attractive Buffer Zones"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-content\/uploads\/love-the-lake1.gif\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-content\/uploads\/love-the-lake1.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"108\"><\/a>By Richard D. Gainar, CEBS \u2013 Lake Management Committee<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Several of your Lake Management Members have already written to illustrate the significant value of buffer zones on our lakefront properties.&nbsp; Some residents have contacted me with the worry that their properties will not be attractive with natural plants.&nbsp; Creating and maintaining natural buffer zones along the shore does not mean your property has to look unkempt.&nbsp; Buffers and upland islands of trees, shrubs, and flowers can bring natural beauty to your yard.&nbsp; Additionally, tall native plants typically have deep root systems. &nbsp;They will slow erosion, decrease ice damage, increase rain infiltration, and act as a barrier to discourage geese from walking (as well as other things\u2026) on your shoreline property.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-content\/uploads\/buffer-zone.png\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-1\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-13303\" src=\"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-content\/uploads\/buffer-zone-500x309.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"309\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-content\/uploads\/buffer-zone-500x309.png 500w, https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-content\/uploads\/buffer-zone-150x93.png 150w, https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-content\/uploads\/buffer-zone-600x371.png 600w, https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-content\/uploads\/buffer-zone.png 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 85vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Your shoreline is part of a larger community and ecosystem.&nbsp; Individual choices by many have cumulative impacts on a lake and its ecosystem. &nbsp;Your actions can restore or degrade the quality of the ecosystem.&nbsp; Restoring your lakeshore to a more natural condition is important, even if your neighbors are not restoring theirs, because it can help wildlife habitat, water quality, and fish. (Chairman\u2019s note: You can see more examples of this idea on-line by searching for Aquascaping or Lakescaping.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Love the lake and be lake responsible.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Richard D. Gainar, CEBS \u2013 Lake Management Committee Several of your Lake Management Members have already written to illustrate the significant value of buffer zones on our lakefront properties.&nbsp; Some residents have contacted me with the worry that their properties will not be attractive with natural plants.&nbsp; Creating and maintaining natural buffer zones along &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/2019\/10\/03\/attractive-buffer-zones\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Attractive Buffer Zones&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,641,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13302","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lake-management-articles","category-lmc-best-practices","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13302\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.roamingshores.org\/RRA1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}