Lake Wise Training
Sunday, June 5th ~ 9:00am - 11:30am
Maple Corner Community Center, Calais
Hosted by the Calais Lakes and Streams Committee

This workshop is free and all are welcome!

Lake Wise trainings cover the best trees for rope swings and hammocks, and the best native plants for your gardens and the bees. Come learn how native plants can brighten your yard and stabilize steep slopes, shorelands, filter stormwater, prevent erosion and provide essential habitat for wildlife. The Lake Wise training will teach gardening tips for healthy lakes while also covering vegetative and structural stormwater and erosion control practices like waterbars for driveways, driplines for houses and raingardens as well as good septic maintenance practices. Lakeshore properties with good management practices are eligible to earn the beautiful Lake Wise Award sign. The Award Sign is recognition of exemplary shoreland stewardship and helps teach others by example, what a lake friendly property looks like. Come learn how to make your shoreland property Lake Wise and join us Sunday, June 5th starting at the Calais Community Center and then venturing along the Curtis Pond shore.

This Workshop is also a good opportunity to learn more about Calais lakes and streams, their current condition and various initiatives going on to protect these beautiful surface waters, including work by the Friends of the Winooski River and the new Clean Water Initiative.

Also...
Coffee and Muffins provided.
Native Plant Resources
Wildflower Posters
BMP Fact Sheets
Lake and Stream Status
Tour of the Shore

To learn more about the Lake Wise Program, please contact Amy Picotte, Vermont Lakeshore Manager, Watershed Management Division, at: Amy.Picotte@Vermont.gov

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