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The transition from rural to single family is where the largest disturbance occurs, according to Schleppe.

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Making his case to Vernon city council Monday, Schleppe could not convince Coun. Brian Quiring that residential development has an impact on the environment and the ecosystem.

Meanwhile others applaud the studies and agree that more needs to be done in the way of protection.

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The problem is non-existent enforcement along foreshore, which falls under provincial and federal mandate.

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Even Vernon Mayor Akbal Mund, a Shuswap Lake lot owner, says that 80 per cent of the properties have altered their shoreline.

Education, said Schleppe, is the key to preservation, and even restoration.