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.
Monica Seidel from Watersheds Canada speaks to Andrew Cartright of Valley Heritage Radio about a fish habitat restoration project that took place on Olmstead and Jeffrey Lakes in Renfrew County.
Megan McCarthy, a Natural Edge participant, shares her experience naturalizing her shoreline property on Dalhousie Lake. She planted trees in her riprap, giving her shoreline extra stabilization against the effects of erosion.
This document outlines planning and implementation guidelines for walleye spawning bed enhancement projects. It provides information on determining the objective of the project, consulting experts and stakeholders, obtaining necessary permits, choosing a project site, planning …
In recent years, the Muskrat River suffered a flooding event which silted out the walleye spawning bed. Since that event, spawning numbers have drastically decreased. Because walleye is a very sensitive fish species, siltation negatively …
Are they called walleye or pickerel? The answer is more complicated than you might think! Read this blog post to explore the nuances of fish taxonomy as it pertains to the freshwater fish species, walleye.
Walleye spawning beds are typically gravel shoals or rocky shallows with wave action present. These moving waters prevent silt from accumulating on the rock. Silt would prevent eggs laid in between the rocks from being …
This document provides a guideline for pH in finished drinking water, with a preferred range of 6.5 to 8.2 for most aquatic life. Different factors can affect the pH of the water, such as algae …
This is a handout from our webinar, "Water soldier (Stratiotes aloides) Eradication Efforts in Ontario". The document discusses the eradication efforts of the invasive aquatic plant Water Soldier in Ontario. It explains how to help …
The document is about testing the water quality in the Tay River using Water Ranger's tiny test kits. The kits have real scientific tools inside, and by using them, students become community scientists. The test …