The Michigan Natural Shoreline Partnership (MNSP) is pleased to offer the 2016 Certified Natural Shoreline Professional Training and Certification Program.

Classroom Session: March 8th and 9th (Kellogg Conference Center, East Lansing)
Field/Exam Day: June 8th (Maple Lake, Paw Paw, MI)
Cost: $300
For more information and Registration Form: www.mishorelinepartnership.org

Two days of classroom instruction and a one-day field exercise designed to equip professional landscape and marine contractors to design, implement and maintain natural shoreline landscapes on inland lakes.

►Classroom instruction includes topics on:

◊ Michigan lakes and problems with shoreline development
◊ Characteristics and benefits of natural shorelines
◊ Shoreline ecosystems, soils and native plants
◊ Methods, techniques and design of bioengineered shoreline erosion control
◊ Designing, monitoring and maintaining a natural shoreline landscape
◊ Natural shoreline case studies
◊ Water law and shoreline development permits

►One-day field exercise installing a natural shoreline landscape on an inland lake property (scheduled for June 8 in Paw Paw, MI)

Certification: Completion of all two days of in-class instruction and one day of field exercise and successfully passing the certification exam is required. Certification is valid for three years. Recertification
requires a recertification fee.