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.

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2019 Brook Trout Creek Tour with Cabelas Canada Staff - Watersheds Canada
2019 Brook Trout Creek Tour with Cabelas Canada Staff - Watersheds Canada

Staff from the Ottawa Cabela’s Canada store attended an education and awareness event at Easton’s Creek on September 19, 2019 …

1 link Uncategorized
3 Seasons in Review
3 Seasons in Review

Step into the field with Ty, riparian health restoration technician, to learn about his hands-on experience with Watersheds Canada's field …

1 link Fish Habitat
5 Webinars to Introduce You to Freshwater Fish Conservation
5 Webinars to Introduce You to Freshwater Fish Conservation

Fish conservation is an important objective not only for the species themselves, but for the entire freshwater ecosystems in which …

1 link Fish Habitat
5 ways to get involved this World Rivers Day!
5 ways to get involved this World Rivers Day!

This blog post celebrates World Rivers Day, which raises awareness about issues affecting our rivers and waterways and engages people …

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A Green Guide to Cottage Care
A Green Guide to Cottage Care

Cottage maintenance is a year-round effort. It's essential to take the right steps in caring for your cottage while making …

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A Home for Fish: The Benefits of In-Water Woody Debris
A Home for Fish: The Benefits of In-Water Woody Debris

Fish require shelter just like we do, in the form of in-water woody debris. It affords them protection from predators, …

1 link Fish Habitat
A Love Your Lake success story: City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario
A Love Your Lake success story: City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario

This article, submitted by the Nepahwin Lake Watershed Stewardship Group and Long Lake Stewardship Committee, highlights the success of the …

1 link Love Your Lake
A site visit through The Natural Edge
A site visit through The Natural Edge

This video walks you through step-by-step what a site visit from one of our 'The Natural Edge' program staff entails. …

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A watershed moment: When perfect strangers connect on the values of conservation
A watershed moment: When perfect strangers connect on the values of conservation

Read how a happenstance conversation between Watersheds Canada's executive director Robert Pye and a cottage owner opened the door to …

1 link Fish Habitat