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
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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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Worldwide Initiatives to Combat Light Pollution

Light pollution is a global issue that affects everyone and every animal. This blog post shares some unique and fascinating ways that places across the world, from South Korea to the USA, are combatting light …

1 link Uncategorized
Yellow Perch Life Cycle activity

Learn about the life cycle of the yellow perch fish in this fun activity!

2 files Freshwater, Plants,…
You Can Give Our Lakes and Rivers a Fighting Chance

Climate change is an issue at the forefront of people's minds these days. This article provides some practical ways that you can get involved to reduce the impacts of this issue on us and our …

1 link Love Your Lake
Your sneak-peek at our Natural Edge spring planting season!

Step back into 2021 to see how Watersheds Canada adapted to pandemic conditions to bring the same powerful impacts that we always do to our shorelines. This blog post also discusses why shoreline naturalization is …

1 link The Natural Edge
Youth engagement and You

Youth are our future. They are the ones that will be inheriting the world, and bringing with them the values and motivations that we instill in them. This blog post provides an overview of the …

1 link Ottawa Faith Commun…