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.
Sleeping Through the School Year – A Turtles Strategy for Survival in Canada
Canadian wildlife have evolved to have unique and fascinating ways of surviving through our cold winters. This is especially true …
Small Businesses: Freshwater Conservation Heroes
When it comes to freshwater conservation, every single person has a responsibility to conserve and protect it. This includes small …
Soil: More Important and Fascinating Than It Seems
Soil is the medium in which life grows. Plants - the start of the food chain that supports everything else …
Stay Natural, Stay Safe around Ticks
Ticks are tiny parasitic insects found throughout most of Southern Canada. After biting a deer, they can become transmitters of …
Sustaining Our Freshwater for today and tomorrow
Canada has vast freshwater resources. We use them every day, whether its washing our dishes or swimming in the lake …
The Benefits of Aquatic Vegetation for Wildlife and Freshwater Health
Despite being referred to as 'weeds', aquatic plants are actually incredibly important for freshwater ecosystem health. In fact, aquatic plant …
The Benthic Zone
The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water. It plays a vital …
The Doug Smith story
Doug Smith was an avid freshwater enthusiast who became our organization's first ever legacy gift donor. Through the funds generously …
The Eastern Red-Backed Salamander and Our Shared Shoreline Responsibility
This blog post, a celebration of World Wildlife Day, shines a spotlight on a small but incredibly valuable species: the …