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.
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
Vegetated riprap shoreline restoration - Natural Edge Program testimonial
Megan McCarthy, a Natural Edge participant, shares her experience naturalizing her shoreline property on Dalhousie Lake. She planted trees in …
Walleye or Pickerel – The Great Debate
Are they called walleye or pickerel? The answer is more complicated than you might think! Read this blog post to …
Walleye river bed colouring sheet
Walleye spawning beds are typically gravel shoals or rocky shallows with wave action present. These moving waters prevent silt from …
Walleye Spawning Bed Enhancement Protocol video
This document outlines planning and implementation guidelines for walleye spawning bed enhancement projects. It provides information on determining the objective …
Walleye Spawning Bed Restoration - Muskrat River, Ontario
In recent years, the Muskrat River suffered a flooding event which silted out the walleye spawning bed. Since that event, …