Friends of Menominee Park Shoreland: August 2014

Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Menominee South Neighborhood Pursues Shoreland Restoration

At its first National Night Out event in August 2014, the Menominee South Neighborhood Association unveiled plans to collaborate with the Friends of Menominee Park Shoreland and the Oshkosh Parks Department on the restoration of shoreland frontage areas located within the neighborhood borders - between Washington and Irving.

The committee shared this poster at the event, held in Menominee Park. The poster utilized photos taken by the Friends of Menominee Park Shoreland. Over 100 neighbors, friends and park visitors joined in the evening at the park.

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Creating a natural area along the shores of Miller's Bay utilizing native species that help provide a visually appealing and environmentally beneficial buffer zone between land and water.

Friends of Menominee Park Shoreland provides engaged leadership to assist the community in addressing the concerns cited in the 2010 City of Oshkosh Aquatic Management Plan:

“Miller’s Bay shoreline is incredibly poor and provides no aesthetic, habitat, or buffering value to the bay. Turf maintenance along the bay’s shoreline leads to increased runoff of nutrients, sediments, and other pollutants to Lake Winnebago, while providing appealing loafing grounds to nuisance levels of Canada geese.”