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.
Wildflower Gardens: Petal-Powered Machines of Change
Building a wildflower garden is an example of one small change that creates resounding positive impacts in the years to come. This blog post explores all the benefits afforded to us and to native wildlife by wildflower gardens, and provides a guide on how you can start building your own today!
Wildlife Photography Near You webinar with Alejandro Prescott-Cornejo
Amazing photos of lions, tigers, and elephants can be jaw-dropping, but reaching their location is a challenge for many people. Spectacular creatures can be found in your own neighbourhood just waiting for you to see or photograph them! Whether you are a photographer or a viewer, wildlife photography allows you to connect with the intimate lives of incredible species in your region. Join Alejandro Prescott-Cornejo from APC Wildlife Photography for this free webinar on finding and photographing beautiful animals in your backyard. Alejandro Prescott-Cornejo is a wildlife photographer who loves nothing more than spending early mornings exploring local lakes, rivers, and forests trying to capture the elegance of the animal kingdom on camera.
You Can Give Our Lakes and Rivers a Fighting Chance
Climate change is an issue at the forefront of people's minds these days. This article provides some practical ways that you can get involved to reduce the impacts of this issue on us and our native wildlife, from restoring your shoreline to getting involved in community science initiatives.
Your sneak-peek at our Natural Edge spring planting season!
Step back into 2021 to see how Watersheds Canada adapted to pandemic conditions to bring the same powerful impacts that we always do to our shorelines. This blog post also discusses why shoreline naturalization is so important.