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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The only way to protect the shoreline is to plant - Natural Edge testimonial
The only way to protect the shoreline is to plant - Natural Edge testimonial

Mike and Margo are two volunteers from the Thousand Islands Area Residents Association (TIARA) in Ontario. In this video, they …

1 link The Natural Edge
This World Water Day, see the amazing fish habitat projects you have already helped complete!
This World Water Day, see the amazing fish habitat projects you have already helped complete!

This blog post centers around Long Sault Creek, a beautiful cold-water creek that was able to be restored thanks to …

1 link Uncategorized
Three Summers with Watersheds Canada
Three Summers with Watersheds Canada

This personal reflection was written by a past intern that describes her experience supporting the pilot years of Love Your …

1 link Love Your Lake
Time is Running Out: An Interview with Al Best
Time is Running Out: An Interview with Al Best

Al Best is the President of Carson, Trout, Lepine and Greenan Lakes Association, and has participated in Watersheds Canada’s Love …

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Top 5 Ways to Support Winter Wildlife blog
Top 5 Ways to Support Winter Wildlife blog

Winter in Canada can be difficult, especially for wildlife. Moreover, the increased development of natural areas has placed stress on …

1 link Love Your Lake
Turn Off the Lights! by Love Your Lake
Turn Off the Lights! by Love Your Lake

The light from ongoing construction can disrupt species’ feeding or breeding behaviours. This blog post provides some more information on …

1 file Uncategorized
Twenty years of Watersheds Canada
Twenty years of Watersheds Canada

Watersheds Canada was proud to celebrate its 20th anniversary in 2022. This blog post, written by executive director Robert Pye, …

1 link Love Your Lake
Using Benthic Macro-invertebrates as a Way to Assess Aquatic Pollution Levels blog
Using Benthic Macro-invertebrates as a Way to Assess Aquatic Pollution Levels blog

Benthic macroinvertebrates are excellent bio-indicators of freshwater health, since they spend large parts of their lifecycle in the water and …

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Valley Heritage Radio 98.7FM CJHR interview - December 16, 2021
Valley Heritage Radio 98.7FM CJHR interview - December 16, 2021

Monica Seidel from Watersheds Canada speaks to Andrew Cartright of Valley Heritage Radio about a fish habitat restoration project that …

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