For Shoreline Property Owners

If you own shoreline property, you are in a unique position to have a big impact on water quality and habitat. Fox-Wolf works with the Healthy Lakes & Rivers program to promote five simple and inexpensive ways to improve your shoreline. Fox-Wolf can help you find cost-sharing opportunities to make these even more affordable.

Contact the Winnebago Waterways Program Coordinator to learn more!

Native Plantings

Prevent erosion and improve habitat with native grasses, flowers, and shrubs selected to thrive on your property

Fish Sticks

Reduce shoreline erosion and create important habitat by placing natural wood structures along your shoreline

Rain Gardens

Capture and filter runoff from your property while creating a beautiful space that supports pollinators and birds

Diversion

Redirect runoff away from hard surfaces and into your yard where it can soak in and reduce pollution to the lake

photo courtesy Healthy Lakes

Rock Infiltration

Capture runoff in underground rock-filled areas that slowly soak water into the soil and improve water quality

photo courtesy of Healthy Lakes

Visit one of our demonstration sites

Thinking about installing fish sticks or a shoreline planting in your yard?

Click to learn more about the demo sites:
Columbia Park, Malone, Fond du Lac County

Marble Park, Winneconne, Winnebago County

WDNR Riverside Fish Sticks Project

Cost Share Opportunities

Depending on which county you live in, you may have access to different types of cost share.

Click your county to learn more!

All residents regardless of county may also qualify for Healthy Lakes grants. Individuals may not apply for these grants directly, but may work with Fox-Wolf staff to qualify.

Contact Katie at katherine@fwwa.org or 920-851-6472 to learn more.

For Healthy Lakes & Rivers organizational partners

Tools for lake organizations with a Healthy Lakes & Rivers program grant.
Resources

Looking for example social media posts, cost-share contracts, or site visit forms? Check out the Healthy Lakes & Rivers Toolbox here!

Site Visit Kits

Borrow a backpack containing tools to help you get started on your property site visits! Request a backpack by filling out the Google Form

For Everyone

You don’t have to own shoreline property to be part of these practices. Although the cost-share opportunities are currently aimed at shoreline properties, these practices are beneficial throughout the watershed.

Native Plant Growing

Learn how easy it is to grow native plants by volunteering with this program. There are four different ways to get involved!

Resources

Learn more as you read these books and websites, or install a new app.

Program Goals and Overview

The Winnebago Waterways shoreline restoration program aims to coordinate, promote, and partner on projects that implement shoreline protection and restoration best management practices in the Winnebago Waterways Program Recovery Area. The goals of the program are:

  • Build support locally, regionally, and statewide to implement shoreline restoration efforts in order to address shoreline erosion and water quality issues in the Winnebago System.
  • Provide support, technical guidance, and funding guidance to partners to increase the adoption, installation, and maintenance of shoreline best management practices. This will be accomplished by working with individual shoreline property owners as well as communities and counties to install demonstration sites.
  • Recognize shoreline property owners that serve as good examples for their shoreline neighbors and have implemented shoreline best management practices.
  • Engage and promote community involvement by hosting workshops for outreach and education about shoreline restoration issues and projects. Specifically, host native plant workshops to encourage use of native plants on Wisconsin’s landscape to help prevent shoreline erosion and capture storm water.

Contact the Winnebago Waterways Program Coordinator for more information!

Tell us how you enjoy the lakes.

Fox-Wolf is implementing conservation projects to protect our waters for future generations. Help us prioritize future restoration projects and strengthen funding requests by telling us how you enjoy the lakes!