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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Freshwater Stewardship Community 57
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Shoreland Health Q&A Teller lesson plan
Shoreland Health Q&A Teller lesson plan

This activity helps students build confidence and capacity to take local environmental action and make an on-the-ground difference for freshwater …

2 files Nature Discovery Pr…
Shoreland resilience under a changing climate
Shoreland resilience under a changing climate

Climate change is a threat can can cause real devastation to our waterfront properties that we hold so near and …

1 link The Natural Edge
Shoreline Habitat Creation Manual by Watersheds Canada
Shoreline Habitat Creation Manual by Watersheds Canada

This manual provides guidance on how to create and protect shoreline habitat for fish and wildlife species. It suggests various …

1 file Ottawa Faith Commun…
Shoreline Restoration by Love Your Lake
Shoreline Restoration by Love Your Lake

A shoreline buffer is a strip of vegetation that helps maintain the health of a shoreline. It reduces contaminants, erosion, …

1 file Ottawa Faith Commun…
Shoreline Summer
Shoreline Summer

Step out into the field with one of our past shoreline assessors with our Love Your Lake program! Hear about …

1 link Love Your Lake
Simon Says Move like a Turtle Lesson Plan PDF
Simon Says Move like a Turtle Lesson Plan PDF

This lesson plan is designed for students to demonstrate the stages in the life cycle of a turtle. Students will …

1 file Freshwater, Plants,…
Sleeping Through the School Year – A Turtles Strategy for Survival in Canada
Sleeping Through the School Year – A Turtles Strategy for Survival in Canada

Canadian wildlife have evolved to have unique and fascinating ways of surviving through our cold winters. This is especially true …

1 link Uncategorized
Small Businesses: Freshwater Conservation Heroes
Small Businesses: Freshwater Conservation Heroes

When it comes to freshwater conservation, every single person has a responsibility to conserve and protect it. This includes small …

1 link Uncategorized
Soil: More Important and Fascinating Than It Seems
Soil: More Important and Fascinating Than It Seems

Soil is the medium in which life grows. Plants - the start of the food chain that supports everything else …

1 link Uncategorized