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.

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Coming together to protect the health of Ontarios St. Lawrence River
Coming together to protect the health of Ontarios St. Lawrence River

A three-year, collaborative project between Watersheds Canada, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne, Raisin Region Conservation Authority, River Institute, and Great River …

1 link The Natural Edge
Community Based Water Monitoring: Getting Started With Water Rangers webinar with Juno Garrah
Community Based Water Monitoring: Getting Started With Water Rangers webinar with Juno Garrah

This is a handout from our webinar, "Community Based Water Monitoring: Getting Started With Water Rangers". Canada has 20% of …

1 file, 1 link Freshwater Stewards…
Community Climate Data Tracking in PEI webinar with Dr. Xander Wang and Katie Sonier
Community Climate Data Tracking in PEI webinar with Dr. Xander Wang and Katie Sonier

This is a handout from our webinar, "Community Climate Data Tracking in Prince Edward Island". Climate Trackers is a citizen-science …

1 file, 1 link Freshwater Stewards…
Community Initiatives Handout
Community Initiatives Handout

This document presents various community initiatives and watershed management projects from different lake associations and organizations in Ontario, Canada. The …

1 file Lake Links
Community Monitoring: Taking action with Water Rangers handout by Watersheds Canada and Water Rangers
Community Monitoring: Taking action with Water Rangers handout by Watersheds Canada and Water Rangers

The workshop is designed to test the water quality in the Tay River. Participants will use Water Ranger's tiny test …

1 file Ottawa Faith Commun…
Connected Waters webinar with Lina Azeez
Connected Waters webinar with Lina Azeez

This is a handout from our webinar, "Connected Waters: Restoring connectivity and function to salmon habitat impacted by flood infrastructure". …

1 file, 1 link Freshwater Stewards…
Conserving the Buzz webinar by Cole Blaire
Conserving the Buzz webinar by Cole Blaire

This is a handout from our webinar, "Conserving the Buzz: A multifacitated approach to conserving Canada’s bumble bees". Bumble bees …

1 file, 1 link Freshwater Stewards…
Continuing Momentum from Ontario's Municipal Elections: One Year Later
Continuing Momentum from Ontario's Municipal Elections: One Year Later

There was a particular focus on climate change and freshwater health in Ontario's 2022 election. This blog post, written a …

1 link Planning for our Sh…
Controlling Canadas worst invasive plant species using bio-control webinar by Claire Schon
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 …

1 file, 1 link Freshwater Stewards…