A Message from the Executive Director: "We have been working hard over the last year to take our programs to grassroots communities in new areas in Canada. We are now working with partners in Saskatchewan, British Columbia, New Brunswick, Ontario, and Alberta with plans to host programming in any region that needs help. We have focused our efforts this year in working towards building capacity of grassroots groups that work on protecting the health of our freshwater through shoreline ... Read More
Media Release – Lake Protection Workbook Now Available
MEDIA RELEASE August 13, 2019 Lake Links Planning Committee Lake Protection Workbook The "Lake Protection Workbook: A Self-Assessment Tool for Shoreline Property Owners” was created by the Lake Links Planning Committee, and funding from Watersheds Canada and the Daniel and Susan Gottlieb Foundation has made it possible for the publication and printing of the workbook. This workbook will educate and engage shoreline property owners in steps they can take to become better shoreline stewards ... Read More
Media Release – Mary Jane’s Creek Walleye Spawning Bed Restoration
MEDIA RELEASE October 7, 2019 Watersheds Canada, LUSH Canada, and Cabela’s Canada Outdoor Fund Mary Jane’s Creek – Walleye Spawning Bed Restoration Funding from Cabela’s Canada Outdoor Fund and the LUSH Charity Pot has allowed for the restoration of a historic walleye spawning bed in Mary Jane’s Creek near Westport, Ontario. The project was completed thanks to Watersheds Canada, the Westport Area ... Read More
Media Release – Easton’s Creek Brook Trout Habitat Enhancement
MEDIA RELEASE September 26, 2019 Watersheds Canada, LUSH Charity Pot, and Cabela’s Canada Outdoor Fund and LUSH Canada Easton’s Creek – Brook Trout Habitat Enhancement Funding from Cabela’s Canada Outdoor Fund and the LUSH Charity Pot has made it possible for the planting and caging of 73 black willow and silver maple trees along Easton’s Creek, about 45 minutes northwest of Perth. The Brook ... Read More
“Time is Running Out”: An Interview with Al Best
by Monica Seidel, Digital Communications and Marketing Intern Al Best is the President of Carson, Trout, Lepine and Greenan Lakes Association, and has participated in Watersheds Canada's Love Your Lake program and Natural Edge program. Al was a strong advocate on his lake association to having the Love Your Lake program come in and provide free shoreline assessments to all property owners on the lake, and has chosen to participate in the Natural Edge program individually on his ... Read More
“Natural Is Gorgeous!”: Jane Discovers the Benefits of the Natural Edge
by Monica Seidel, Digital Communications and Marketing Intern Because of support for generous granting programs and individual givers, Watersheds Canada is able to offer people like Jane an opportunity to naturalize her shoreline at a reduced cost. Jane was a Natural Edge participant in September 2014, and first contacted Watersheds Canada with concerns about erosion along her shoreline. As we walked the shoreline together, Jane told us about her reservations for losing her shoreline view, ... Read More
“If People Can See Value, They Will Get Involved”: An Interview with Judy Hall
by Monica Seidel, Digital Communications and Marketing Intern Judy Hall, a President of the Dalhousie Lake Association, sat down to talk about the importance of engagement and a sense of community when it comes to the long-term health of lake associations and the waters they care for. Answers have been edited for clarity and length. Q: How did you become interested in Dalhousie Lake and the lake association? A: I have been around the lake all my life and now have become very ... Read More
Sleeping Through the School Year – A Turtle’s Strategy for Survival in Canada
by Monica Seidel, Digital Communications and Marketing Intern Growing up, many of us would have welcomed the idea of sleeping in and missing school. Perhaps there was an early morning class or teacher you were not fond of, or you had to trek through the cold to get to school. If someone had offered you the option to simply sleep through half of the year, bypassing the cold and school year, would you have done it? How would you have been able to survive sleeping that long? While they are ... Read More
Dragonflies as a Bio-indicator of Water Health
by Monica Seidel, Digital Communications and Marketing Intern Canada is home to thousands of water bodies that are home to every sort of creature – fish, turtles, invertebrates, frogs, herons, beavers, and dragonflies, to name a few. Over 90% of all lake life is somehow connected to the shoreline as it provides habitat, food, and a place to raise young. Dragonflies are a common sight at many wetlands, rivers, and lakes, however, there is much more to them than their big eyes and beautiful ... Read More
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