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.
Controlling Canadas worst invasive plant species using bio-control webinar by Claire Schon
This is a handout from our webinar, "Controlling Canada’s ‘Worst’ Invasive Plant Species". Phragmites is an invasive plant species that …
Counting Fish activity
Exploring the interconnectedness of living and non-living things in local ecosystems, this collection focuses on the natural environment and its …
Crash Course webinar by Dr. Willow English
This is a handout from our webinar, "Crash Course: Saving birds one window at a time". Birds collide with windows …
Creating Community webinar with Claire Ross
This is a handout from our webinar, "Creating Community: Lessons Learned through the BC Small Water Systems Community Network". The …
Creating Healthy, Natural Habitats for Freshwater Fish webinar with Melissa Dakers
This is a handout from our webinar, "Creating Healthy, Natural Habitats for Freshwater Fish". There are over 155 species of …
Creating a Resilient Shoreline: Keeping a natural shoreline that benefits your family and local wildlife
Naturalized shorelines aren't just more beautiful than developed ones: they also provide so many benefits including preventing erosion, providing critical …
Critical Habitat Features for Fish and Wildlife – handout
Native plants protect against invasive species and provide habitat and food. Manicured lawns promote surface runoff and lack habitat for …
Cultivating Community through Urban Gardens and Initiatives
Communities in Ottawa are coming together over one shared purpose: to greenify the city through gardening projects. These projects create …
Currents of Change: Latornell 2019 Vlog
This vlog captures the energy of the Latornell Conservation Symposium, hosted in 2019 in Alliston, Ontario. Follow Digital Communications and …