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.
4 new resources to help protect our wetlands this World Wetlands Day
World Wetlands Day celebrates this wonderful, incredibly important ecosystem type and advocates for its conservation across the globe. This blog …
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 …
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 …
7 Free Educational Resources to Help You Teach about Nature at Home
Nature education offers so many benefits for both the recipient and the earth. It is best delivered to younger generations …
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 …
Algae: Pond Scum or Essential?
Although algae is most known for the problems it causes, such as eutrophication, oxygen depletion of the water, and fish …
Are There Alternative Solutions to Road Salts?
There is no doubt that managing road salt pollution is a top priority issue here in Canada. But what other …
Best Practices for Municipalities: Reducing Pollution from Pools and Hot Tubs
This blog post shares the best ways municipalities can help the public reduce pollution from pools and hot tubs. Learn …
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". …