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.

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Fish Habitat 12
Freshwater Stewardship Community 57
Freshwater, Plants, and People 19
Lake Links 12
Love Your Lake 46
Nature Discovery Programming 38
Ottawa Faith Community Capacity Building Program 33
Planning for our Shorelands 18
The Natural Edge 96
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Eastern Canada Minnows at Risk: The Leuciscidae Family

Watersheds Canada, in partnership with the River Institute and Quinte Conservation, is delivering a two-year (2025-2027) riparian habitat restoration, monitoring, and outreach project aimed at improving the conditions of riparian zones and associated aquatic ecosystems …

1 file Fish Habitat
Eastons Creek Brook Trout Enhancement Project - Watersheds Canada

Funding from Cabela’s Canada Outdoor Fund and the LUSH Charity Pot has made it possible for the planting and caging of 73 black willow and silver maple trees along Easton’s Creek, about 45 minutes northwest …

1 link Uncategorized
Economic Value of Green Infrastructure

Green infrastructure involves building with nature, incorporating green elements into our city landscape for ecological, economic, and social benefit. This powerful trend has gained increasing attention in recent years as a key strategy for achieving …

1 link Uncategorized
Engaging Municipal Elected Officials to Protect our Freshwater webinar

Leading up to, and following the October 24th Ontario municipal election, Watersheds Canada will help bring rural waterfront communities together for an interactive webinar on what’s on every lakeshore property owners’ mind these days – …

1 link The Natural Edge
Enhancing and Restoring Critical Fish Habitat in Ontario webinar with Melissa Dakers

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 …

2 files, 1 link Freshwater Stewards…
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 processes. Removing shoreline vegetation and other human activities can cause erosion and affect water quality …

1 file Love Your Lake
Exploring How We Can All Protect Freshwater Health webinar

In this family-friendly webinar, Chloe and Monica from Watersheds Canada will explore different factors on land and in the water that can impact local freshwater health and the wildlife that live there. Walk away with …

1 link Lake Links
Field Notes: Restoring Shorelines Using Native Plants

This short blog post provides details on the experience of one of our past interns with working for our The Natural Edge shoreline restoration program.

1 link The Natural Edge
Finding Optimism this International Youth Day

Many youth these days struggle with ecoanxiety: that is, the worry of climate change and it's impacts on our society. This inspirational blog post is a reflection from one of our past interns on this …

1 link Uncategorized