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.
Protecting Canadas Water Quality with Native Plants: My Time at Watersheds Canada
Read this blog post to learn about the experience of Chantal Lefevre, National Edge Regional Coordinator, with our shoreline naturalization …
Protecting habitat for the Pugnose Shiner fish in the Quinte watershed
The Pugnose Shiner is a small but vastly important species of fish. It is currently listed as threatened in Canada …
Pugnose Shiner - Wellers Bay and East Lake partner spotlight and individual actions video
The Pugnose Shiner is a small fish in the minnow family that is found in Southern Ontario including near the …
Pugnose Shiner Landowner Engagement and Shoreline Habitat Restoration Project
The goal of this project is to focus on education and actions that you as a shoreline property owner, can …
Pugnose Shiner fact sheet
The Pugnose Shiner is a threatened species due to declining habitat quality. The species is vulnerable to waterfront development, removal …
Restoring Shorelines along the St. Lawrence River, Ontario
A collaborative project between Watersheds Canada and Cataraqui Conservation restored degraded shorelines by engaging community members on shoreline naturalization activities. …
Restoring Shorelines with the Help of Technology - Latornell 2019
Watch Watersheds Canada's Chloe Lajoie present at the 2019 Latornell Conservation Symposium. Her presentation, "Restoring Shorelines with the Help of …
Rob Discovers the Natural Edge
Rob is the President of the Mississippi Lakes Association (MLA) and has participated in both the Love Your Lake Program …
Salt Tolerant Native Plants
This document lists salt-tolerant native plants in Eastern Ontario. It includes 40 species of plants, along with their scientific names, …