Beaver Lake shoreline restoration

A shoreline restoration project at Beaver Lake in Erinsville has received the green light.

Quinte Conservation now has full funding for a Shoreline Restoration Planting at the Beaver Lake Lions Park.

This will be a large planting with potted and plug stock, trees, shrubs and wildflowers.

The remaining invasive phragmites will be removed from the shoreline, a follow-up from the last two years of work.

The date has been set at August 28, with a back-up date of September 15.

Officials say the time will likely be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. or for as long as the volunteer can stay.

Maya Navrot from Quinte Conservation has prepared a planting plan.

Quinte Conservation and Friends of the Salmon River are looking for volunteers to help with the project.

Susan Moore of Friends of Salmon River says planting at this time means the roots can hopefully go through some growth before fall dormancy (helping them through the winter season).

“It will be wild flowers, which would be the ones closest to the water and there’ll also be a number of shrubs, probably some flowering shrubs and small trees. She’s designed it so that there will be trails going through the plantings so that it keeps good access to the shoreline and some views to the shoreline.”