Beach Stewardship Guide for the Township of Huron-Kinloss
Beach Stewardship Guide For the Township of Huron-Kinloss Prepared by the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation 1 Beach Stewardship Guide for Huron-Kinloss © 2007, The Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation ISBN 978-0-9783621-3-3 Recommended Citation: Peach, G.H., 2007. Beach Stewardship Guide for Huron-Kinloss. Prepared by the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation. Funding for this guide was made possible through Environment Canada’s Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk. This project was done in partnership with the Pitcher’s Thistle- Dune Grasslands Recovery Team, Bruce Resource Stewardship Network, and the Township of Huron-Kinloss. 2 Page 3 Beach Stewardship Guide Beach Stewardship Guide for the Township of Huron-Kinloss Prepared by the Lake Huron Centre for Coastal Conservation Steering Committee: Geoff Peach, Project Coordinator, the Coastal Centre Jim Armstrong, Point Clark Doug Brown, Lurgan-Blair’s Grove Beach Association Carol Enright, Point Clark Mike Fair, Township of Huron-Kinloss Harold Helfenstein, Emmerton Beach Barry McPherson, Bruce Beach Association Don Thorpe, Point Clark Beach Association Mary-Rose Walden, Township of Huron-Kinloss Brian Watt, Boiler Beach John Welwood, Lurgan-Blair’s Grove Beach Association October, 2007 3 4 Table of Contents Executive Summary 7 Introduction 9 Beach and Dune Stewardship 11 Invasive Species 32 Nearshore Water Quality 34 Beach Education and Communication 47 Rules and Regulations 52 Glossary 60 References 63 Appendices 65 Appendix A—Control of Invasive Plants Appendix B—Harvesting Marram Grass Appendix C– Native Dune Plant Identification Guide Appendix D—Beach Code of Conduct Appendix E– Educational Signs 5 6 Page 7 Beach Stewardship Guide Executive Summary This Beach Stewardship Guidefor Huron-Kinloss describes the main issues identifiedby residents and the municipality at a public meeting in August 2006.
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