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.
A Guide for Planning Community BioBlitz Events in Eastern Ontario by Community Stewardship Council of Lanark County and Watersheds Canada
This guide provides a comprehensive protocol for planning a BioBlitz event in Eastern Ontario. It covers the purpose and goals …
Become A Community Scientist
This activity emphasizes the importance of submitting animal or plant observations online to help scientists and nature groups track populations …
Biomonitoring is for everyone webinar with STREAM and Living Lakes Canada
This is a handout from our webinar, "Biomonitoring is for everyone: How project STREAM combines citizen science with DNA technology". …
Choose your own adventure with the Ottawa Faith Community Capacity Building Program
This blog post highlights the Ottawa Faith Community Capacity Building Program, a collaboration between Greening Sacred Spaces and Watersheds Canada …
Coastal Resilience webinar with Rosmarie Lohnes
This is a handout from our webinar, "Coastal Resilience: Navigating Storms and Winters through Property Assessment and Monitoring". Riparian and …
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 …
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 …
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 …
How are you helping freshwater this year? An Earth Day celebration event
Learn about exciting new projects being delivered this summer to help community groups, property owners, students, and organizations take action …