There are many valuable resources to help landowners with riparian and shoreline restoration projects. Through the Cocagne Watershed Natural Heritage Conservation Project, the GDDPC has compiled a list of available ressources. Here are just a few examples.
Species at Risk Voluntary Stewardship Practices : Guidance for Restoration Activities in Riparian Areas (2013), Stewardship Centre for British Columbia - themes explored include planting native vegetation; installing large woody debris; creating pits and mounds; creating riparian wetlands.
A living shoreline project : living edge approach to landscape management (2013), Lohnes, R., English - examples of a restoration project with many pictures.
Ecological restoration of degraded habitats : A watershed approach (2006), Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) - instream cover; bank stabilization.
The Shore Primer : A Cottager’s Guide to a Healthy Waterfront (2008), Fisheries and Oceans Canada - protecting a natural shoreline; various restauration techniques.
Resources
Shoreline restoration
Upcoming activities
FREE! September 18, 2019 - Workshop on dehydration
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.50+ Center, 10 Villa Street, Cocagne
With Bernadette Goguen, community food monitor
Organized by the Kent Community Inclusion Network
Please bring you cutting board, knife and containers
Registration required at 523 1239 by september 9
Sept 19 to 22, 2019 - Kent-South EcoFestival
See full program here (in French)Hosted by the Kent-South Cultural Society
Sept 28, 2019 Saturday - Community dinner for Cocagne community dinner - salted porc
Boiled vegetables and salted porc and apple crisp (see Facebook event)4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Center 50, 10 Villa street in Cocagne
Tickets $ 12 / adult and $ 6 / children under 12, for sale at Cocagne Variety, at Eudore Melanson or at the GDDPC office
there will be random attendance prizes! For further information: contact Yvan Picard at 531-5327 or Mathieu Bastarache at 899-1586
