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.
This is a handout from our webinar, "Non-native earthworms in Canada: Entering the second wave of invasion". Non-native earthworms are highly influential ecosystem engineers that fundamentally change the habitats they invade. They are a major …
Using 50 native shrubs and wildflowers that came in the Natural Edge Shoreline Re-Naturalization Starter Kit, Nora's property is well on its way to providing shade and habitat to wildlife, and shoreline stabilization and filtration.
The North Saskatchewan River Basin Council is a non-profit in central Saskatchewan that has been working on source water protection & land stewardship projects since 2008. They work with RM’s communities, First Nations, schools, and …
On February 6th, 2025, staff from Watersheds Canada's Fish Habitat program met with volunteers and partners on the shores of Big Clear Lake to restore a historic walleye spawning bed. This blog post provides an …
This is a handout from our webinar, "One Shoreland at a Time: Restoring the Ribbon of Life". This document discusses nature-based solutions to protect or restore terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems. Nature-based solutions can help combat …
The Ontario Biodiversity Council is a volunteer group made up of conservation organizations, government bodies, academia, indigenous communities, and more. In 2023, the council accepted Watersheds Canada into their ranks. This blog post was written …
2019 was a busy year for Watersheds Canada! This blog post provides an overview of what was accomplished this year, told from the point of view of our passionate team of staff members.
This personal reflection from one of our past interns centers on his experience with Love Your Lake, our shoreline assessment program delivered in partnership with the Canadian Wildlife Federation. It discusses the program's impact on …
The document provides an overview of Canadian policies for the protection of Ontario's freshwater ecosystems. It discusses the Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA), Ontario's Clean Water Act, Ontario's Fisheries Act, and the Code of Practice …