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In addition to the cubes, LSFHA has built and installed 150 artificial stumps and a plant nursery. LSFHA has introduced more than 600 potted plants complete with herbivore exclosures. Fluctuating water levels has made establishment of founder colonies a challenge, but not be deterred, LSFHA will be using floating islands to establish seed banks in the future.
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More than 12,000 linear feet of eroded banks have been stabilized using rip rap.![](https://www.friendsofreservoirs.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Shoreline-Armoring_Wolf_Creek_Prairie2.jpg)
LSFHA holds an annual Ducks Unlimited-style banquet to raise funds for their ongoing restoration efforts. The 2019 banquet attracted more than 100 people, including local and state notaries, and raised more than $20,000. COVID-19 resulted in cancelling the 2020 banquet. LSFHA will be hosting the 2021 Reservoir Fisheries Habitat Partnership/Friends of Reservoirs Annual Meeting. A banquet and fundraising raffle/auction will be held at that meeting with proceeds going to Lake Shelbyville habitat restoration efforts.
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Conservation is a multigenerational challenge. LSFHA alliance includes Boy Scouts in their aquatic plant restoration program and recently had a cube build at a local elementary school.