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The province manages the shorelands and sensitive nearshore areas next to permanent and naturally occurring bodies of water in Alberta.
Shorelands refer to the beds and shores of all Alberta’s permanent and naturally occurring bodies of water, including:
Lakes, rivers, streams and wetlands cover approximately 2.5% of Alberta’s landscape. Adjoining each water body are sensitive regions of land called the nearshore area. This area is broken down into three distinct management zones.
The province owns and manages:
Private lands often border provincial water bodies. To manage sensitive provincial shorelands and riparian areas on private land, public land managers work co-operatively with:
Activities that occur in nearshore areas of water bodies– vegetation changes, chemical application, septic systems – trickle down and affect lake, river, stream and wetland environments.
Both private land owners and the Crown share a responsibility for maintaining the health of shorelands and adjacent riparian zones in order to keep stream, lake and wetland ecosystems healthy.
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