How to Get the Cost Share Program (Shoreline Buffer Restoration)

What you get

Marinette County cost-shares shoreline buffer restoration at 60 to 80 percent, with the rate rising as the buffer gets deeper, and a minimum buffer depth of 20 feet. This is a waterfront program, not a general front-yard one: it is for riparian landowners restoring native vegetation along a shoreline. No dollar cap is published for buffer restoration itself. A separate erosion control practice, such as rip-rap installed alongside the buffer, is cost-shared at 50 percent up to $2,000, and that $2,000 cap belongs to the erosion control practice only, not to the buffer work (Marinette County Land and Water Conservation Division cost share program page; last verified August 2026).

• Residential: 60% to 80% of cost for shoreline buffer restoration, depending on buffer depth

Are you eligible?

• Be a Marinette County Land and Water Conservation Division customer
• Property located in: Marinette, Peshtigo, Crivitz, Wausaukee, Niagara
• Riparian or developed-shoreline landowner in Marinette County (this program is for waterfront property, not general residential landscaping)
• Minimum buffer depth of 20 feet, with the cost-share rate scaling upward as buffer depth increases
• Erosion control work such as rip-rap requires an existing or concurrently installed natural buffer, and is capped separately at 50% up to $2,000
• Contact the Division before starting work to confirm your practice and rate