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.

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Fish Habitat 9
Freshwater Stewardship Community 57
Freshwater, Plants, and People 19
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Love Your Lake 46
Nature Discovery Programming 38
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Planning for our Shorelands 18
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11 Activities Lake Groups and Their Members Can Participate in for a Healthy Lake by Love Your Lake
11 Activities Lake Groups and Their Members Can Participate in for a Healthy Lake by Love Your Lake

Lake groups can implement programs to protect lake health and biodiversity by engaging property owners in various activities. These activities …

1 file Love Your Lake
3 Seasons in Review
3 Seasons in Review

Step into the field with Ty, riparian health restoration technician, to learn about his hands-on experience with Watersheds Canada's field …

1 link Fish Habitat
A Love Your Lake success story: City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario
A Love Your Lake success story: City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario

This article, submitted by the Nepahwin Lake Watershed Stewardship Group and Long Lake Stewardship Committee, highlights the success of the …

1 link Love Your Lake
A Physically Distanced Love Your Lake Field Season
A Physically Distanced Love Your Lake Field Season

COVID-19 changed everything, including we socialized, how we travelled, and even how we assessed shorelines! Read about how staff from …

1 link Love Your Lake
A Summer Spent Surveying
A Summer Spent Surveying

Love Your Lake is our shoreline assessment program delivered in partnership with the Canadian Wildlife Federation. Step into the field …

1 link Love Your Lake
A watershed moment: When perfect strangers connect on the values of conservation
A watershed moment: When perfect strangers connect on the values of conservation

Read how a happenstance conversation between Watersheds Canada's executive director Robert Pye and a cottage owner opened the door to …

1 link Fish Habitat
Attention to detail
Attention to detail

This blog post from our executive director showcases his appreciation for the work of Michael A. Reader, a wood carver …

1 link Uncategorized
Creating Healthy, Natural Habitats for Freshwater Fish webinar with Melissa Dakers
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 …

1 file, 1 link Freshwater Stewards…
Creating a Resilient Shoreline: Keeping a natural shoreline that benefits your family and local wildlife
Creating a Resilient Shoreline: Keeping a natural shoreline that benefits your family and local wildlife

Naturalized shorelines aren't just more beautiful than developed ones: they also provide so many benefits including preventing erosion, providing critical …

1 link Love Your Lake