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.
Community Monitoring: Taking action with Water Rangers handout by Watersheds Canada and Water Rangers
The workshop is designed to test the water quality in the Tay River. Participants will use Water Ranger's tiny test …
Crash Course webinar by Dr. Willow English
This is a handout from our webinar, "Crash Course: Saving birds one window at a time". Birds collide with windows …
Creating Healthy, Natural Habitats for Freshwater Fish webinar with Melissa Dakers
This is a handout from our webinar, "Creating Healthy, Natural Habitats for Freshwater Fish". There are over 155 species of …
Critical Habitat Features for Fish and Wildlife – handout
Native plants protect against invasive species and provide habitat and food. Manicured lawns promote surface runoff and lack habitat for …
Cultivating Community through Urban Gardens and Initiatives
Communities in Ottawa are coming together over one shared purpose: to greenify the city through gardening projects. These projects create …
Erosion by Love Your Lake
Shoreline erosion can happen naturally or be caused by human disturbances. Human activities cause 10 times more erosion than natural …
Fish Habitat Enhancement Toolkit Guide WEB
This guide introduces different types of fish habitat enhancement projects and provides resources to complete them. It covers topics such …
Garlic Mustard – New insights into the ecology and management of an old adversary handout
Garlic mustard is a non-native invasive herb that competes with native plants, reducing biodiversity and altering soil chemistry. It has …
Guide to Building Resilient Shorelines manual (web)
This manual outlines several actions that can be taken to help create resilient shorelines capable of adapting to changing conditions. …