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.
What Is A Watershed
A watershed is an area of land where water flows through or across on its way to a particular water …
What Ive Learned as an Environmental Technician
This personal reflection from a past intern tells of everything he learned throughout his time working with Watersheds Canada, from …
What Makes A River Healthy? webinar with Dr. Leigh McGaughey
This is a handout from our webinar, "What Makes a River "Healthy"? Engaging science, art, and storytelling to explore the …
What is the ribbon of life, and who lives there? A Natural Edge testimonial
Blu Mackintosh has lived along the St. Lawrence River in Ontario since 1962. Here she has seen wonderful and amazing …
What's your favourite river?
In this blog post, National Conservation Director Chloe Lajoie celebrates World Rivers Day by sharing her favourite river and what …
What, When, and How Much to Prune
Pruning involves selectively removing parts of a tree or shrub in order to benefit the plant's growth. While it may …
White Lake: ours to preserve webinar with Conrad Grégoire and David Overholt
This is a handout from our webinar, "White Lake - Ours to Preserve". White Lake is a spring-fed lake located …
Who Can I Reach Out to for Future Projects? handout by Watersheds Canada and Greening Sacred Spaces
This document lists various organizations and contacts related to environmental projects in Canada. The organizations include Canadian Parks and Wilderness …
Why Soft Shorelines Are More Beneficial to your Shoreline Property
A 'soft' shoreline is one that has abundant native vegetation and few manmade structures. Research shows that soft shoreline are …