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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Garlic Mustard webinar with Dr. Michael McTavish

This is a handout from our webinar, "Garlic Mustard: New insights into the ecology and management of an old adversary". Garlic mustard is a non-native invasive herb common in forested habitats. It was brought from …

1 file, 1 link Freshwater Stewards…
Get to Know your Pollinators

Pollinators are a type of insect or animal that helps plants reproduce. Without them, we wouldn't have our beautiful wildflower gardens, the clothes on our backs, the grains in our bread, the spices in our …

1 link Uncategorized
Giving Back to Your Freshwater: Using The Natural Edge to create a resilient and beautiful shoreline

Natural shorelines, those with lots of native trees, shrubs, and wildflowers, are healthy shorelines. This blog post reviews current trends in shoreline ownership with regards to shoreline health, and provides an overview of The Natural …

1 link Love Your Lake
Global News Kingston segment - November 20, 2025

Watersheds Canada is being recognized for our work restoring freshwater fish habitat after winning the Water Canada Award for small conservation project of the year. This is a news segment from Global News highlighting the …

1 link Fish Habitat
Gord Rodgers Memorial Award Presentation

Planning for Change: The Ripple Effect of Lake Planning.

1 link Lake Links
Go with the Flow: Rivers and Streams

Given that rivers and streams are always in motion, these freshwater ecosystems are fundamentally different in form and function to still bodies of water such as lakes. This blog post provides an overview of rivers …

1 link Uncategorized
Grade 1 - Characteristics and Needs of Native Fish video lesson

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1 link Freshwater, Plants,…
Grade 2 Life Cycles activity book

This activity book introduces young students (grade K-4) to the life cycles of frogs and turtles with engaging illustrations and interactive exercises. The book covers the different stages of frog and turtle development, and includes …

1 file Freshwater, Plants,…
Grade 3-4 Native Plants Unit: video module #1

Why are shorelines important and how can people protect them by planting local plant species? Monica from Watersheds Canada discovers the different parts of a plant and what things they need to grow strong and …

5 links Freshwater, Plants,…