Shoreland Education Program

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Shoreland Education Workshops

Workshops on shoreland management are offered each year throughout Minnesota. This year’s offerings available for public participation are listed below. Click on the type of workshop you are interested in to find dates and locations, agendas, registration information, directions, and guidance on what to bring or wear.

Customized Workshops

Learning about native plants and weeds at a Shoreland Maintenance Workshop, Sauk CentreWorking in partnership with local citizens, lake leaders and agencies, customized shoreland workshops provide classroom, field instruction, and hands-on experience. Workshops are tailored to address localized shoreland needs. Registration may be restricted to your lake association members or community group, or it may be open to the public. For information on how to host a workshop in your area, or suggest a topic for future shoreland education workshops, please contact:
Eleanor Burkett at burke044@umn.edu,1-888-241-0720, or
Mary Blickenderfer at blick002@umn.edu, 1-888-241-0885
Karen Terry at kterry@umn.edu, 1-888-241-0843

The University of Minnesota Shoreland Education program offers workshops in these areas:

Click here for a brochure, pdf file

shoreland revegetation logoShoreland Revegetation Workshops:

Each workshop emphasizes a holistic approach to shoreland vegetation—addressing environmental functions of a natural shoreline, property owner expectations, and shoreland regulations—that will enable participants to make sound shoreland management decisions and implement revegetation projects at the local level.

shoreland management logoShoreland Management Workshops:

Shoreland property should come with an instruction manual! Keeping lakes and streams healthy requires knowledge about many subjects, such as how to evaluate and understand water quality data, how land uses impact water and shoreland quality, and how best to manage our shoreland to minimize impacts.

shoreland plants logoShoreland Plant Workshops:

Plant identification workshops are intended for shoreland property owners, Shoreland Volunteers, lake associations, and natural resource staff with no or limited previous botany background. They include one half-day of classroom training and one day of hands-on field experience. Participants will learn accurate identification of common native and invasive plants using a simple key

Please visit the archives for a list of completed Shoreland Education Workshops in:

2006

2005

2004