Description: Upright structures that is steeper than 1.5 feet vertical to one foot horizontal installed parallel to the shore to precent the sliding or slimping of the land and to protect the adjacent upland from wave action.
Copyright Text: WI Dept. of Natural Resources, Bureau of Water Quality
Description: Rock or Concrete piles used to armor shorelines and prevent erosion; this may also include natural cobbles and gravel that were taken from the water and piled on the bank.
Copyright Text: WI Dept. of Natural Resources, Bureau of Water Quality
Description: Any other type of erosion control structures on the shoreline. This may include inert materials (rocks) at the bank toe and biological materials on the upper portion of the bank, non-treated wood, stakes and posts, jute netting, biologs, fiber rolls and mats, logs, and branches.
Copyright Text: WI Dept. of Natural Resources, Bureau of Water Quality
Description: Sand along the shoreline used to create a beach (versus shorelines that naturally have sand substrate). It may have been created by dumping sand along the bank or by scraping away top soil and vegetation to expose sand underneath.
Copyright Text: WI Dept. of Natural Resources, Bureau of Water Quality
Description: Littoral area where submergent or emergent aquatic plants have obviously been removed as evidenced by adjacent plant beds on both sides of the removal area.
Copyright Text: WI Dept. of Natural Resources, Bureau of Water Quality