[1] Freshwater shoreline management is frequently run by local conservation authorities through state, provincial, and federal lake partner programs.
[4] Anthropogenic effects on watersheds were increasing globally in the 1900s, with nutrient loading of phosphorus, nitrogen, and sulfur causing eutrophication and acidification of water bodies.
[1]To manage these impacts, local and regional organizations began conducting watershed monitoring programs to detect long-term environmental changes and establish their causes.
It can have the added effect of decreasing property values and tourism in the lake communities due to some beaches being unsafe to swim in because of pollutants.
[13] Shoreline management has been identified as a method to mitigate climate change impacts such as potential flooding and nutrient loading from frequent and higher-intensity storms.
Naturalization, using native plant species along the shoreline to create a buffer, it is often recommended as this limits erosion from wake action and can decrease nutrient runoff from lawn maintenance or farming activities.