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, "Community Based Water Monitoring: Getting Started With Water Rangers". Canada has 20% of the world's freshwater resources, but 60% of its subwatersheds are data deficient. This lack of …
This is a handout from our webinar, "Community Climate Data Tracking in Prince Edward Island". Climate Trackers is a citizen-science initiative that collects local climate data from the community to better understand the impacts of …
This document presents various community initiatives and watershed management projects from different lake associations and organizations in Ontario, Canada. The projects include shoreline protection, invasive species management, water quality monitoring, and community outreach programs. The …
The workshop is designed to test the water quality in the Tay River. Participants will use Water Ranger's tiny test kits to collect data. The kits contain various tools, including a thermometer, test strips, and …
This is a handout from our webinar, "Connected Waters: Restoring connectivity and function to salmon habitat impacted by flood infrastructure". The document discusses the importance of nature-based solutions in protecting and restoring terrestrial and aquatic …
This is a handout from our webinar, "Conserving the Buzz: A multifacitated approach to conserving Canada’s bumble bees". Bumble bees are important pollinators that support the success of terrestrial ecosystems globally. Unfortunately, North America’s native …
There was a particular focus on climate change and freshwater health in Ontario's 2022 election. This blog post, written a year after the fact, looks back at the priorities voters saw going into municipal election …
This is a handout from our webinar, "Controlling Canada’s ‘Worst’ Invasive Plant Species". Phragmites is an invasive plant species that was introduced in Canada in the early 1900s. It can establish easily, spread quickly, and …
Exploring the interconnectedness of living and non-living things in local ecosystems, this collection focuses on the natural environment and its inhabitants, specifically native fish species found in the Ottawa area. Through interactive activities and educational …