Why is a Natural Shoreline important?
Shoreline vegetation acts as buffer to a host of natural and man-made pollutants. Absence of vegetation exposes shoreline property owners to:
The Overabundance of algae on surface water
Loss of land due to erosion
Mess created by unwanted geese
These can negatively impact your property's aesthetic appeal and limit recreational opportunities.
Waterfront property owners are increasingly encouraged to naturalize their shoreline area. Learn more
at https://cwf-fcf.org/en/resources/for-educators/resource-sheets/in-the-buffer-zone.html and https://loveyourlake.ca/. Greater Sudbury has recognized the importance of buffer zones by recently introducing a zoning by-law (effective Feb 1/22) for new shoreline development: Setback for construction increases from 12m to 30 m from high water mark and property owners must keep a 20 m vegetative buffer.
BOOST YOUR BUFFER 2022!
...LLS will give away hundreds of native shoreline plants
HERE’S HOW TO GET YOURS!
To enter the draw, send your name to longlakesudbury@gmail.com by May 10, 2022.
Draw will be held on May 11, 2022 and recipients notified when & where to collect plants.
Plants are picked up May 19 -21 from a home at east end of lake, on Long Lake Road.
Details will be emailed to recipients prior to the long weekend.
Lucky winners will receive twelve perennials which will include 3 each of:
Swamp Milkweed - essential to Monarch butterfly; pink blooms mid-summer
Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia) – fast growing ‘workhorses’, long blooming; handy for bouquets
Harebell (blue Campanula) - short, fast-growing; likes sandy, well-drained, sunny locations
Purple Coneflower - hardy; long-lasting flowers; attracts butterflies and small birds
For more plant details visit https://onplants.ca/
Long Lake ... Ours to Love! Ours to Protect!
Love Your Lake (LYL) is a shoreline assessment and stewardship program developed by the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF). Long Lake Stewardship partnered with the City of Greater Sudbury to participate over two years. Phase 1 occurred in 2017 and included 335 properties from the eastern end of the lake to properties in the area of South Shore Road. Phase 2 occurred in 2018 and included 165 properties from South Shore Road to those within the western boundary of CGS. Individual property owners voluntarily signed up to receive personalized, confidential shoreline reports.
To encourage and guide stewardship efforts, the LYL team also created a lake-wide report giving an overview of the health of the Long Lake shoreline. This 17-page full report is now available.
Note that the LYL official report represents the portion of our lake that is within city limits, approximately 75% of the lake — the more developed part. The 25% that was not assessed has much more natural shoreline.