We were delighted to attend the sixth annual Keweenaw Native Plant Symposium, a free, educational program which invites people every year to celebrate and share information about native UP plants, and the animals and habitats which they support. Alongside many great speakers, our founder, Stephanie, covered such topics as "how living shorelines provide wildlife habitat as well as natural resilience to communities near the waterfront" and "how [Eagle Shoreline Protection] is gaining a reputation as cost-effective solutions for coastal management, in part by protecting shorelines from major storms better than a hardened shoreline."
Keweenaw Wild Ones, sponsors of the symposium, also wrote: "People (and animals) who enjoy fishing will also appreciate how it supports fish and other creatures... a bioengineering specialist—living shoreline certified technician, Stephanie and her 'living shoreline certified' team make up the only company in the Upper Peninsula devoted solely to protecting and stabilizing shorelines through the use of natural elements like soil, plants, rocks, and coir logs."
We thank Keweenaw Wild Ones, Keweenaw Land Trust, and the Keweenaw Garden Club for sponsoring the event and giving us the platform to share information about the future of living shorelines. For the original flyer, click here.
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