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GLWMO BMP Cost -share Incentives Program v. Oct. 18, 2011 Purpose. Provide incentives to local property owners (both technical and financial) to manage their landscape and the water that flows off of their landscape as stewards of sustainable land and water resources. Justification: The GLWMO is charged with the protection and ecological restoration of water resources within its jurisdiction. The quality of a water resource, e.g., lake, is a reflection of how the land and water that flows off the land is managed. Stewardship of land is the key to sustainable water resources. If the GLWMO is to protect water resources, it will need to insure that land is managed to improve water quality. Most of the land within GLWMO is private property. It is therefore essential that all private property owners manage their land to be water resource stewards. In addition, our vast public transportation system is also a major contributor to degrading quality of our water resources. Managing the stormwater runoff from our roads and public right -of -ways will be essential to water resource protection. Objectives: Encourage Lakeshore owners to establish sustainable native plant riparian buffers zones and create erosion resistant shorelines utilizing native vegetation and other bio- engineered best management practices (BMPs). Restore eroded and denuded landscapes to create sustainable landscapes that can withstand the effects of urban runoff and protect water quality. Encourage public and private landowners to infiltrate stormwater runoff from the impervious surface areas of their property. Encourage land owners to utilize land management BMPs that will minimize the need for turf fertilization, insecticides, and piping of stormwater runoff. Program Specifics: Property owners (public and private) will be offered both technical assistance and financial incentive to asses their landscape for soil erosion potential and the opportunity to manage stormwater runoff as water quality stewards.