Amelia Beach shoreline restoration

Officials are restoring the shore at Amelia Beach.

More than 500 new plants and shrubs have been planted between the benches and the roadway to help reduce wind erosion and runoff to Lake Nipissing.

This is all a part of the Conservation Authority’s Restore Your Shore Program, which offers free plants and help to shoreline and stream bank property owners throughout the region, who are looking to help protect water quality.

“Together with the existing trees that border the beach, these plants will help create a micro environment. The species were chosen for their ability to tolerate and survive the sun and dry soil there,” said Peggy Walsh Craig, NBMCA’s Stewardship Coordinator.

A total of 209 square metres will be planted.

A 38 metre access to the beach and the beach itself will remain open.

“Our environment and waterways are critical to future generations and protecting the quality of life we enjoy in our great city,” said City of North Bay Mayor Al McDonald. “Not only will the planting help beautify the shoreline of Amelia Beach, it will also act as a buffer reducing the runoff that can pollute our lake.”