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Silt fences, straw and buffer zones help to keep silt from washing into the lake

Residential construction on Lake Martin is on a tear. According to John Coley at lakemartinvoice.com, “… In 2020 the inventory went down in waterfront lots more than in homes – there was a 76 percent decrease from the five-year average. Waterfront lot sales increased 146 percent in 2020 from the prior year. So it was a far more incredible increase in lot sales than home sales (a record breaker) in 2020, if you can believe that.”

This is a double-edged sword, with good and bad consequences. The good relates to jobs, increased tax revenues and increased demand for goods and services for our area’s economy. The bad includes increased boat traffic, increased wake-induced shoreline erosion (see Lake magazine September 2020) and increased potential for pollution of our Treasured Lake.