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.
2021 Year-end Celebration Event
This webinar was originally recorded on January 19, 2022. Join our staff for this one-hour webinar to see all that …
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 …
Are Canadas lakes becoming salty?
The impacts of road salts on freshwater ecosystems has been an issue of increasing concern in recent years. Their potential …
Blog Posts (Natural Shorelines) by Watersheds Canada
This collection of blogs covers various topics related to shoreline conservation, including algae, vegetated riprap, septic systems, ticks, pollinators, and …
Blog Posts (Stormwater Management) by Watersheds Canada
This collection of blogs covers various topics related to stormwater management. The authors provide tips and advice on how to …
Can Ontarios Brook Trout Cope with Climate Change? Webinar with Erin Stewart
This is a handout from our webinar, "Can Ontario’s Brook Trout Cope with Climate Change?". Climate change is affecting Brook …
Community Initiatives Handout
This document presents various community initiatives and watershed management projects from different lake associations and organizations in Ontario, Canada. The …
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 …
Creating Healthy, Natural Habitats for Freshwater Fish webinar with Melissa Dakers
This is a handout from our webinar, "Creating Healthy, Natural Habitats for Freshwater Fish". There are over 155 species of …