Shift Shores Workshop

Cook County Community Center Log Cabin
317 W 5th St
Grand Marais, Minnesota 55604

• Community

Cook County Soil and Water Conservation District is hosting a Shifty Shores Workshop on Friday, July 10. Learn about the benefits of buffers and how you can transition a mowed lawn to native plants.  Pre-registration is requested (but not required) at Cookswcd.org.

Tentative schedule for the workshop:

• 10:45 a.m. -11:00 a.m. – Meet at the Log Cabin(317 W. 5th Street, Grand Marais, MN)
• 11:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. –  Workshop and Lunch – Healthy Shorelines for Healthy Water Quality– Featured Speakers – Lunch Provided
• 12:00 p.m. -12:30 p.m. – Travel to Devil Track Lake– Prior Restoration Site
• 12:30 p.m. -1:30 p.m. – Project Tour – The In’s and Out’s of Shoreline Buffer Plantings 
• 1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.  – Travel to Pike Lake – Planting Site
• 2:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m. – Active Learning– Shoreline planting at Pike Lake