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.
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 pollution! Get informed and inspired by reading this post.
Yellow Perch Life Cycle activity
Learn about the life cycle of the yellow perch fish in this fun activity!
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 native wildlife, from restoring your shoreline to getting involved in community science initiatives.
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 so important.
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 value of youth engagement, and some ways that anyone can get younger generations to appreciate and become inspired to protect our natural resources.