Here you will find a comprehensive collection of free educational resources dedicated to helping rural shoreline property owners, families, municipalities, lake groups, and educators protect their lakes and restore natural habitat. Explore guides, best practices, case studies, lesson plans, and tools to become a freshwater protector. All resources are freely shareable so please include them in a newsletter, on social media, or printed for a community booth!
Funding support thanks to Peterborough K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation, and S.M. Blair Family Foundation.
Step into the field with Ty, riparian health restoration technician, to learn about his hands-on experience with Watersheds Canada's field programs. Take a peek behind the curtain in our shoreline assessments, fish habitat restoration projects, …
Fish conservation is an important objective not only for the species themselves, but for the entire freshwater ecosystems in which they're found. Fish make up important parts of the food chain, maintaining balance and stability …
Fish require shelter just like we do, in the form of in-water woody debris. It affords them protection from predators, access to macroinvertebrates to feed on, and shelter from the hot summer sun. This blog …
Read how a happenstance conversation between Watersheds Canada's executive director Robert Pye and a cottage owner opened the door to an enriching sharing of ideas about freshwater stewardship. Learn about the value of collaboration, lake …
Our winter spawning bed restoration projects are some of our most innovative and impactful initiatives. This blog post centers on one undertaken on Paugh Lake in 2024, and provides you an inside look into the …
This collection of blogs covers various topics related to fish habitat. The articles provide information on how to create a resilient shoreline, the importance of aquatic vegetation, and ways to enhance fish habitat. The blogs …
This is a handout from our webinar, "Can Ontario’s Brook Trout Cope with Climate Change?". Climate change is affecting Brook Trout populations in Ontario, with models predicting significant warming. Brook Trout will have varying abilities …
Watersheds Canada is being recognized for our work restoring freshwater fish habitat after winning the Water Canada Award for small conservation project of the year. This is a news segment from Global News highlighting the …
On February 6th, 2025, staff from Watersheds Canada's Fish Habitat program met with volunteers and partners on the shores of Big Clear Lake to restore a historic walleye spawning bed. This blog post provides an …