06/10/2026
Our shores have been through it this spring. We know what erosion is, but watching it in real time or coming home to missing shoreline is hard.
Some shores came through the floods better than others, and this one is rebounding from ice push, a foot of floodwater, and white caps. This revetment — you might think of it as riprap — is a sloped rock structure built to absorb wave energy instead of fighting it. Mature native plants and a revetment (built by the homeowner at 22% grade) teamed up, and so far, they're winning.
We're featuring all the plants that are thriving post-flood in our Native Notes Series.
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