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.
This is a handout from our webinar, "Community Climate Data Tracking in Prince Edward Island". Climate Trackers is a citizen-science initiative that collects local climate data from the community to better understand the impacts of …
This is a handout from our webinar, "Connected Waters: Restoring connectivity and function to salmon habitat impacted by flood infrastructure". The document discusses the importance of nature-based solutions in protecting and restoring terrestrial and aquatic …
This is a handout from our webinar, "Conserving the Buzz: A multifacitated approach to conserving Canada’s bumble bees". Bumble bees are important pollinators that support the success of terrestrial ecosystems globally. Unfortunately, North America’s native …
This is a handout from our webinar, "Controlling Canada’s ‘Worst’ Invasive Plant Species". Phragmites is an invasive plant species that was introduced in Canada in the early 1900s. It can establish easily, spread quickly, and …
This is a handout from our webinar, "Crash Course: Saving birds one window at a time". Birds collide with windows due to transparency and reflectivity, as well as environmental context and design traps. Bird attractants …
This is a handout from our webinar, "Creating Community: Lessons Learned through the BC Small Water Systems Community Network". The BC Small Water Systems Community Network is a free online platform that brings the small …
This is a handout from our webinar, "Creating Healthy, Natural Habitats for Freshwater Fish". There are over 155 species of freshwater fish in Ontario. Freshwater fish are globally valued but threatened everywhere. Native fish populations …
Watersheds Canada provides programs to enhance and protect the health of lakes and rivers. Many threats to freshwater fish require focus on maintaining, enhancing, and restoring physical habitats. The Fish Habitat Enhancement Toolkit offers easy-to-follow …
This is a handout from our webinar, "Fishing Through a Lens: Using underwater cameras to detect freshwater fishes". Freshwater fish play important roles in aquatic ecosystems but many species are at risk. Conventional fish sampling …