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.
“Ghost gear” describes any fishing gear that has been abandoned, lost or discarded in oceans, lakes, and rivers, including lead tackle, fishing lines, nets, traps, and rope. Left behind, these items can have devastating large-scale …
Watersheds Canada relies on collaboration for all of our work. We have found that through strategic partnerships that are mutually beneficial, we can accomplish many additional outcomes that would not otherwise be possible. This blog …
Light pollution is excessive or misdirected artificial light. It is stealing our starry nights, posing substantial threats to wildlife and our own well-being, and wasting energy and money. This has spurred a global push for …
Executive director Robert Pye shares his thoughts and personal anecdotes on our shared appreciation for birds, present in many facets of our life. This blog post was written for a past opportunity to win a …
More and more, doctors are prescribing time outside as a means to alleviate a host of afflictions. Being outside can bring so many benefits to us, including providing us with vitamin D (which many people …
Plastic has become central to the way humans package, ship, and consume products. This includes everything from electronics, to medications, to baby toys. Plastic was—and still is in some contexts—considered a miracle product which is …
This blog post centers around Long Sault Creek, a beautiful cold-water creek that was able to be restored thanks to the generosity and hard work of individual donors and community groups. It shows a before …
Al Best is the President of Carson, Trout, Lepine and Greenan Lakes Association, and has participated in Watersheds Canada’s Love Your Lake program and Natural Edge program. Al was a strong advocate on his lake …
The light from ongoing construction can disrupt species’ feeding or breeding behaviours. This blog post provides some more information on this topic, using the example of birds and their migratory patterns.