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.
Canadian wildlife have evolved to have unique and fascinating ways of surviving through our cold winters. This is especially true of reptiles, as they are cold-blooded animals an external source of heat to control their …
When it comes to freshwater conservation, every single person has a responsibility to conserve and protect it. This includes small businesses! In fact, their smaller size allows them to make changes to their business practices …
Soil is the medium in which life grows. Plants - the start of the food chain that supports everything else - require good soil conditions, and the impacts of our soil quality on the quality …
Ticks are tiny parasitic insects found throughout most of Southern Canada. After biting a deer, they can become transmitters of Lyme disease; a debilitating condition that can dramatically impact our quality of life as humans. …
Canada has vast freshwater resources. We use them every day, whether its washing our dishes or swimming in the lake by our cottage. However, with these incredible resources, we also bear a responsibility to make …
Despite being referred to as 'weeds', aquatic plants are actually incredibly important for freshwater ecosystem health. In fact, aquatic plant communities serve many of the same ecological functions that terrestrial plant communities do and are …
The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water. It plays a vital role in the health of aquatic ecosystems. Benthic organisms are very important as they are …
Doug Smith was an avid freshwater enthusiast who became our organization's first ever legacy gift donor. Through the funds generously donated in his will, he has personally helped ensure that our habitat restoration, shoreline restoration, …
This blog post, a celebration of World Wildlife Day, shines a spotlight on a small but incredibly valuable species: the Eastern Red-Backed Salamander. Read on to find out how this amazing amphibian can teach us …