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.
Garlic Mustard webinar with Dr. Michael McTavish
This is a handout from our webinar, "Garlic Mustard: New insights into the ecology and management of an old adversary". …
Get to Know your Pollinators
Pollinators are a type of insect or animal that helps plants reproduce. Without them, we wouldn't have our beautiful wildflower …
Giving Back to Your Freshwater: Using The Natural Edge to create a resilient and beautiful shoreline
Natural shorelines, those with lots of native trees, shrubs, and wildflowers, are healthy shorelines. This blog post reviews current trends …
Global News Kingston segment - November 20, 2025
Watersheds Canada is being recognized for our work restoring freshwater fish habitat after winning the Water Canada Award for small …
Gord Rodgers Memorial Award Presentation
Planning for Change: The Ripple Effect of Lake Planning.
Go with the Flow: Rivers and Streams
Given that rivers and streams are always in motion, these freshwater ecosystems are fundamentally different in form and function to …
Grade 1 - Characteristics and Needs of Native Fish video lesson
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Grade 2 Life Cycles activity book
This activity book introduces young students (grade K-4) to the life cycles of frogs and turtles with engaging illustrations and …
Grade 3-4 Native Plants Unit: video module #1
Why are shorelines important and how can people protect them by planting local plant species? Monica from Watersheds Canada discovers …