Welcome to the Watersheds Canada Resource Library!

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.

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On the Ice Road to Restoration: Reflecting on our recent Walleye Habitat Enhancement Project

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 …

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Spotted Gar: Endangered Living Fossil of Ontario

Watersheds Canada, in partnership with the River Institute and Quinte Conservation, is delivering a two-year (2025-2027) riparian habitat restoration, monitoring, and outreach project aimed at improving the conditions of riparian zones and associated aquatic ecosystems …

Mar 23, 2026 1 file Fish Habitat
Walleye or Pickerel – The Great Debate

Are they called walleye or pickerel? The answer is more complicated than you might think! Read this blog post to explore the nuances of fish taxonomy as it pertains to the freshwater fish species, walleye.

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