 Brainerd Lakes Environmental Organizations have come together to recognize homeowners, contractors, and local organizations for being lake-friendly. For the past 15 years, a total of 69 awards have been handed out for lake or river-friendly landscaping and for lake and river protection strategy. On Friday, eight different awards were handed out for environmental projects throughout Perlman County. One of those was recognized for their efforts was right here for using native plants and rain gardens along the shoreline. We decided to show what a homeowner can do just to maintain the quality and integrity of the lake. So we tried to do this. We conducted several workshops to have the rest of the homeowners involved see what they can do and we're recognized for our work that we did and I can show them that all the work we did last or two summers ago, all this planting and sweat and a little bit of blood that it wasn't in vain. A full list of this year's award winners can be found on our website at lptv.org slash news. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.