Your Shore Incentives Brochure and a Landowner Guide are available at the Land and Water Conservation Department. Burnett County's website includes a description of the program and sign-up forms. A plant guide containing photos of acceptable plants and vegetation is also available. Multi-media demonstrations describing the program have been presented to many lake organizations and citizen groups, and natural shoreline workshops are being conducted for landscape professionals and landowners. Burnett County, in conjunction with other agencies, has produced two educational videos on waterway protection.
Instruments measuring the effectiveness of all aspects of the program are and have been utilized.
The ultimate value of this program's approach hinges in part on the fact that water quality, wildlife habitat, and waterway aesthetics are both valued by landowners and significantly improved with buffer zones. It is notably dependent on the cooperation between organizations from the private and public sector and public education efforts. The contributions of several county government agencies are integral to the success of this type of endeavor, and a core of leadership is instrumental in advancing program development and execution. Of course, operational funding is imperative. In the case of Burnett County, a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources was critical to the establishment of this program.