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What can I do to protect the watershed?

You should preserve or mimic as many natural processes in the watershed as possible, so that nature can accomplish its water purification task:

• Leave natural buffer strips of trees and other vegetation along banks of lakes and streams.
• Avoid disturbing natural soil by extensive site clearing, paving, etc.
• Direct surface runoff into natural depressions where water can seep into the ground slowly.
• Minimize the use of harmful chemicals.

A general principle: avoid doing anything to any lake that you would not do to your own swimming pool or drinking water supply.