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. Funding support thanks to Peterborough K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation, and S.M. Blair Family Foundation.
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, …
Shoreline Summer
Step out into the field with one of our past shoreline assessors with our Love Your Lake program! Hear about …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Something's Fishy Puzzle activity
These activity cards feature sunfish, walleye, yellow perch, largemouth bass, and brook trout.
Species-Specific Resources From the Invasive Species Centre handout by Watersheds Canada
This document appears to be a collection of fact sheets and posters for various invasive plant species. The species listed …
Start a Nature Discovery Backpack Lending Library with Your Faith Community! poster by Watersheds Canada and Greening Sacred Spaces
The document discusses a lending library for youth to explore local nature areas and watersheds. Each backpack contains free activities …