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.
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 account of what happened that day and the impact that it made on both the lake ecosystem and its surrounding community.
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 for the Spotted Gar and other species. With funding from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada Habitat Stewardship Program for Aquatic Species at Risk, this project will implement riparian buffer zones along the shores of East Lake, Moira River, and the St. Lawrence River in benefit of these species at risk, addressing habitat degradation, sedimentation and nutrient loading threats.
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.