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 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 …
Economic Value of Green Infrastructure
Green infrastructure involves building with nature, incorporating green elements into our city landscape for ecological, economic, and social benefit. This …
Fish Habitat Enhancement Toolkit evaluation
This report evaluates the Fish Habitat Enhancement Pilot Project conducted by Watersheds Canada. The project involved four habitat enhancements in …
Garlic Mustard webinar with Dr. Michael McTavish
This is a handout from our webinar, "Garlic Mustard: New insights into the ecology and management of an old adversary". …
Guide to Building Resilient Shorelines manual (web)
This manual outlines several actions that can be taken to help create resilient shorelines capable of adapting to changing conditions. …
Guide to Preparing a Shoreline Naturalization Planting Plan
You will receive access to the resource after you complete the below form. By providing your email, you agree to …
Helping Your New Plants Thrive
If you're planning on restoring your shoreline using native plants, a few key tips will go a long way in …
How Are People Impacting Nature
Shorelines are becoming more developed, changing the way they look and the species that can live there. This has led …
How to Soften a Shoreline Property
A 'hard' shoreline refers to one that has significant manmade structures, from retaining walls to docks. Hard shorelines come with …