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Give Mom flowers that will bloom all year

Give Mom flowers that will bloom all year

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Right now, shorelines across Canada are being restored with native species of plants which will help stabilize soils and prevent erosion, slow down and reduce overland runoff, and provide beautiful and valuable wildlife and pollinator habitat. You can ensure this important work continues with a thoughtful Mother’s Day gift! Thanks to the talents of Canadian nature artists Cassandra Buunk, Lynn Moore, and Payton Muro, you can give the symbolic gift of native wildflowers for Mother’s Day! The ... Read More

Media Release – Launch of Interactive Freshwater Stewardship Map for Ottawa Greening Projects

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Ottawa, ON - In collaboration with Greening Sacred Spaces, Watersheds Canada created the Ottawa Faith Community Capacity Building Program to help provide the tools and resources for six faith communities to lead greening projects and community outreach events. Carleton Memorial United Church, Kanata Muslim Association, Ascension Anglican Church, Trinity United Church, Rhoda Masjid, and St. Peter’s Lutheran Church completed a freshwater stewardship project that benefits their local community and ... Read More

Watersheds Canada weaves a web on World Water Day

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by Monica Seidel, Communications and Fundraising Manager at Watersheds Canada  Have you ever had the moment where you are out for a walk and you see the magical glint of a spider’s web? You go out of your way to avoid it, only to find yourself somehow still with a strand attaching itself to you. The spider’s web was much larger than you thought and each string was depending on the others to stay in place. A few weak links, and the spider’s web falls apart…onto your arm. Things within the ... Read More

Giving Back to Your Freshwater: Using The Natural Edge to create a resilient and beautiful shoreline

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by Watersheds Canada This past summer, you might have enjoyed the company of a snapping turtle, green frog, calico pennant dragonfly, or Great Blue Heron along the shores of your favourite lake. That lake provided many benefits to you: memory-building with your family and friends, a connection to your culture and traditions, or economic and recreation opportunities. Your wildlife neighbours, however, depended on the lake and shoreline for their survival. The riparian zone – the first ... Read More

Launch of road salt education toolkit

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Watersheds Canada is launching our latest resource toolkit: tackling road salt pollution. As snow falls on our streets and highways each winter, road salts are generously used to ensure safe travel. This is especially true with the unseasonably warm winter we are currently experiencing across Canada as freezing rain and rain fall instead of snow, and there is constant freezing and thawing. While road salts play an important role in human safety, their persistent use is causing immense ... Read More

An ice road to Rome: Trout spawning bed restored in Madawaska Valley, Ontario

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by Monica Seidel, Communications and Fundraising Manager The saying goes that ‘all roads lead to Rome’. At that point in human history, the city of Rome was a critical centre of activity that all traffic moved to and through. By directing all movement to Rome, it was ensured to be top-of-mind and to keep its relevancy and importance. Today, of course, there are many different “Romes” – things and places that hold our attention and drive our actions. For waterfront property owners, one of ... Read More