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.
Something's Fishy Puzzle activity
These activity cards feature sunfish, walleye, yellow perch, largemouth bass, and brook trout.
Start a Nature Discovery Backpack Lending Library with Your Faith Community! poster by Watersheds Canada and Greening Sacred Spaces
The document discusses a lending library for youth to explore local nature areas and watersheds. Each backpack contains free activities …
Staying Safe
This document advises individuals to stay home if they feel sick or have been in contact with someone who has …
Talk to the Birds
This document provides guidelines for staying safe while exploring the outdoors. It emphasizes the importance of physical distancing, hygiene practices, …
The Riparian Zone
Riparian areas are very important and valuable habitat for land-based and water-based wildlife. The shoreline area includes the first 30 …
Walleye river bed colouring sheet
Walleye spawning beds are typically gravel shoals or rocky shallows with wave action present. These moving waters prevent silt from …
Water Quality Experiment
This document provides a guideline for pH in finished drinking water, with a preferred range of 6.5 to 8.2 for …
What Could I Bring On My Adventure
This document is an introduction to water testing and provides a list of items to bring on an adventure. It …
What Is A Watershed
A watershed is an area of land where water flows through or across on its way to a particular water …