PROGRAMMATIC ACTIONS Clause Samples

PROGRAMMATIC ACTIONS. The following programmatic actions are recommended for freshwater lake shorelines within ▇▇▇▇▇ County. • Educate property owners about proper vegetation/landscape maintenance to promote shore stabilization, large woody debris recruitment, and good water quality. • Encourage low impact development practices for shoreline property owners. • Encourage incentive programs for septic users to replace and increase setbacks for septic systems. • Educate private property owners about the negative impacts of shore armoring and overwater structures. • Maintain educational signage about invasive species and water quality protection at all public access points. • Educate boaters about proper waste disposal methods, anchoring techniques, and other best boating practices to minimize habitat damage and prevent water quality contamination. • Encourage incentive programs for shoreline property owners, such as transfer or purchase of development rights and tax incentives for shoreline restoration and protection, and the advantages of conservation easements to permanently protect shorelines. • Provide incentives to encourage restoration as part of redevelopment activities which improve habitat or restore salmonid habitats. • Remove armoring and bulkheads from publicly owned freshwater sites including parks, wherever feasible. Replace with soft shoreline protection if needed. • Remove derelict docks, floats, or other overwater structures that are no longer in use. • Encourage lake associations or stewardship organizations to control invasive aquatic weeds in freshwater lakes. • Maintain or increase shoreline habitat structure along all publicly owned properties. This could include placing large boulders or logs and other large woody debris, establishing native vegetation in disturbed or altered areas including shrub and tree canopy to shade the lake’s riparian zone. • Establish and support lake managements districts to provide a pathway for the development of conservation plans and restoration activities that improve shoreline habitat and water quality, where impaired. • Encourage the development and implementation of lake-specific integrated aquatic vegetation management plans (IAVMPs) to establish protocols for vegetation control (including native nuisance vegetation). The planning process should also be used to identify intact shorelines for conservancy areas and to provide education on lake shoreline management. • Educate homeowners and businesses on the need to minimize u...