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 document is an introduction to water testing and provides a list of items to bring on an adventure. It includes a water quality test kit, thermometer, test strips, guides, notebook, binoculars, collection jar, net, …
A watershed is an area of land where water flows through or across on its way to a particular water body. It is the land where precipitation falls and flows to a common, watery place. …
Blu Mackintosh has lived along the St. Lawrence River in Ontario since 1962. Here she has seen wonderful and amazing nature and wildlife and how extreme flooding and low water levels threaten the very things …
The Latornell Symposium provides a forum for practitioners, students, academics, politicians and non-government organizations to discuss challenges and opportunities in the conservation movement in Ontario while sharing new tools, techniques and strategies for natural resources …
This personal reflection from a past intern tells of everything he learned throughout his time working with Watersheds Canada, from species identification to plant care.
This is a handout from our webinar, "What Makes a River "Healthy"? Engaging science, art, and storytelling to explore the health of the Upper St. Lawrence River". The Great River Rapport is a science-based project …
In this blog post, National Conservation Director Chloe Lajoie celebrates World Rivers Day by sharing her favourite river and what makes it so special to her. Hear about her close ties to the St. Lawrence …
Pruning involves selectively removing parts of a tree or shrub in order to benefit the plant's growth. While it may seem counterintuitive, in reality, pruning is most often completely safe for the plant and actually …
This is a handout from our webinar, "White Lake - Ours to Preserve". White Lake is a spring-fed lake located in four municipalities and two counties. The White Lake Preservation Project (WLPP) aims to study …