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.
A 'soft' shoreline is one that has abundant native vegetation and few manmade structures. Research shows that soft shoreline are better for long-term shoreline health in so many ways, providing countless benefits not only for …
As blue-green algae blooms become ever more common across Canada, so too does public interest in this widely ranging issue. People are concerned about the potential impacts it can have, and about why they are …
Climate change is an issue at the forefront of people's minds these days. This article provides some practical ways that you can get involved to reduce the impacts of this issue on us and our …
Step back into 2021 to see how Watersheds Canada adapted to pandemic conditions to bring the same powerful impacts that we always do to our shorelines. This blog post also discusses why shoreline naturalization is …