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.
Freshwater systems are vast and complex, but at the same time, so incredibly important for us and for wildlife. Gain …
Fish conservation is an important objective not only for the species themselves, but for the entire freshwater ecosystems in which …
This blog post provides 6 resources in French designed to help younger generations connect with nature. The resources include content …
Fish require shelter just like we do, in the form of in-water woody debris. It affords them protection from predators, …
This is a handout from our webinar, "Bank Swallows: Life history, threats, and ways you can help". Bank Swallows are …
This activity emphasizes the importance of submitting animal or plant observations online to help scientists and nature groups track populations …
This is a handout from our webinar, "Biomonitoring is for everyone: How project STREAM combines citizen science with DNA technology". …
This collection of blogs covers various topics related to community gardening, including pollinators, native plants, and urban flora. The authors …
This collection of blogs features various articles about community science. The authors discuss topics such as the importance of native …