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.
Invasive Species and your Watershed webinar with Derissa Vincentini
Not only do invasive species pose a significant ecological threat, they also negatively impact the economy, recreational experience, and can …
Launching a new online Freshwater Stewardship Community
This blog post announces the launch of our Freshwater Stewardship Community, a centralized place for waterfront associations, individuals, academics, students, …
Life in the Weeds: Exploring the rarely seen world of aquatic plants webinar by Dr. Jo Latimore
This is a handout from our webinar, "Life in the "Weeds": Exploring the rarely seen world of aquatic plants". The …
Non-native earthworms: Entering the second wave of invasion webinar with Dr. Michael McTavish
This is a handout from our webinar, "Non-native earthworms in Canada: Entering the second wave of invasion". Non-native earthworms are …
One Shoreland at a Time webinar with Chantal Lefevre
This is a handout from our webinar, "One Shoreland at a Time: Restoring the Ribbon of Life". This document discusses …
Phragmites australis: Why we cannot afford to ignore this invasion webinar with Janice M. Gilbert
This is a handout from our webinar, "Phragmites australis: Why we cannot afford to ignore this invasion" webinar. Invasive Phragmites …
Planning Tools for Shoreline Protection webinar with Melissa Markham
Shoreline protection in municipalities is best achieved through appropriate land use planning tools. In Ontario, the community planning permit system …
Planning for our Shorelands webinar with Christopher Dennison
Planning for our Shorelands is a collaborative project bringing together expert planners, scientists, and lake stewards from across Ontario. Its …
Plastic pollution in the Laurentian Great Lakes webinar with Eden Hataley
This is a handout from our webinar, "Plastic Pollution in the Laurentian Great Lakes: What we know and how we …