Nearshore environments include wetlands, beaches, and grass meadows of a lake. This factsheet describes life in a nearshore, water quality in this area, why degradation occurs, and what you can do to improve nearshore water quality.

Lawn to Lake provides information on how to protect water quality through natural lawn care. This rack card is geared towards lawn care retailers, explaining the benefits of carrying phosphorus-free (P-free) fertilizer and natural lawn care products.

For a healthy lawn that doesn’t pollute local waters, it is important to avoid fertilizers that have phosphorus (P). This poster, which is made for lawn-care retailers, explains how to identify “P-free” fertilizers. It also provides six easy tips for having a healthy lawn.

The intent of this guidebook is to provide landowners with information that can help reduce harmful impacts on watersheds while emphasizing natural lawn care.

This manual lays out the water resources in the NWPA region, reasons to conserve water outdoors, and recommended lawn watering restrictions.

Original document available at: http://www.nwpa.us/pdfs/resource_center/FY13-0092 OUTDOOR WATER CONSERVATION MANUAL lowres-FINAL.pdf

This manual was developed for those interested in protecting rivers and lakes through the usage of rain gardens. The manual will benefit the homeowners, landscape architects and city planners.