The Brainerd Area Environmental Learning Network (BAELN) will host a speaker on environmentally friendly lakeshore property design.
Paul Radomski, co-author of "Lakeshore Living: Designing Lake Places and Communities in the Footprints of Environmental Writers," will discuss lake-friendly practices at 3 p.m. Thursday at the 12th Annual Lake-Friendly Development Awards at the Crow Wing County Land Services building, in Meeting Room 2. The event is free of charge and open to the public. Please park in the Crow Wing County Visitor Parking Lot on the corner of Laurel and Fourth Street.
Radomski is a lake scientist that has worked for more than 25 years on shoreland development management issues and has published extensively on ecological and conservation matters.
Fragile shorelands require people that care for them, and that caring comes from knowledge, experience and an environmental ethic. Radomski and co-author Kristof Van Assche argue that an environmentally sensitive lakeshore place and community design is the way forward. Radomski will have autographed books available for purchase. Visit his website at www.paulradomski.com .
For more information about this event contact Eleanor Burkett of the U of M Extension regional office in Brainerd by phone at 828-2326 or by email at burke044@umn.edu .
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BAELN is a collaborative effort of Central Lakes College, Central Regional Sustainable Development Partnership, citizen representation, Crow Wing Soil and Water Conservation District, Initiative Foundation, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, The Nature Conservancy and University of Minnesota Extension.
To be on BAELN's email list or for general information on BAELN contact Stephen Mikkelson at 218-316-3887, toll free at 800-657-3864 or at stephen.mikkelson@state.mn.us .
