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

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

April 9, 2024 By Monica Seidel Leave a Comment

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

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

March 13, 2024 By Monica Seidel Leave a Comment

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

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Launch of road salt education toolkit

March 4, 2024 By Monica Seidel Leave a Comment

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

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Business Supporter Spotlight: Swish

February 28, 2024 By Watersheds Leave a Comment

Responsible care of our water resources involves not only limiting the runoff of pollutants into our waterways, but also ensuring that the products that we use in our day-to-day lives are kind to the environment to begin with. By doing the latter, we strive to eliminate these problems before they even begin – stopping the problems at their source instead of at their center. Swish is a company that is leading the charge in this regard. For over 35 years, this janitorial supply company has been ... Read More

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

February 27, 2024 By Monica Seidel Leave a Comment

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

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Watersheds Canada Recognizes World Wetlands Day

February 2, 2024 By Watersheds Leave a Comment

Perth, ON – As wetlands cross people’s mind on World Wetlands Day (February 2, 2024), perhaps it is because, at some point in life, they have personally experienced one of the greatest ecological wonders of the world. Canada is home to twenty-five percent of the world’s wetlands. Unfortunately, however, wetlands continue to be degraded or simply lost forever. “World Wetlands Day is a time for marsh memories,” said Robert Pye, Executive Director for Watersheds Canada. “A paddler along the ... Read More

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Spawning beds on ice

December 20, 2023 By Monica Seidel Leave a Comment

Watersheds Canada supporters lead fish conservation this winter. As winter puts on a freeze on green action projects, Watersheds Canada is warming up for another lake stewardship initiative on the hardwater. Loads of washed stone is set to be trekked across a frozen eastern Ontario lake this February, as volunteers will haul, shovel, and rake the natural material to create a bigger, better spawning bed for walleye. This in-water work is done with government approval and permits. However, ... Read More

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Double your impact for Canada’s freshwater

November 21, 2023 By Monica Seidel Leave a Comment

This year has been a very difficult one for Canadians, especially for those living in and visiting waterfront communities. Warnings and evacuations lasted much of 2023 as areas were devastated by record-level storms, wildfires, and other symptoms of climate change. Despite it all, thousands of community groups and volunteers have continued to make freshwater protection a priority. These passionate community leaders understood that nature-based solutions are an essential way we can increase ... Read More

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A gift of a greener earth: symbolically adopt a turtle, salamander, osprey, or sandpiper!

October 30, 2023 By Watersheds Leave a Comment

by Ty Fischer, Riparian Health Restoration Technician With cooler temperatures approaching, you might be starting to think about the holiday season and everything that comes with it – skiing or snowboarding, sipping warm apple cider by the fire, snacking on gingerbread and other sweets, and of course, exchanging gifts with your friends and family. If you are starting your search for a thoughtful and unique gift for the nature lover in your life, look no further than our symbolic adoptions. ... Read More

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Media Release – Water 50/50 Champ Gives Back His Winnings to Watersheds Canada

October 27, 2023 By Watersheds Leave a Comment

October 27, 2023, Ontario – The grand prize winner of $4,135 in Watersheds Canada's first-ever 50/50 charity lottery event has made an outstanding commitment to further his steadfast support of freshwater stewardship programs. "I am going to turn my prize money back into support for shoreline restoration work," said Philip L., of Maitland, who was contacted immediately after the Water 50/50 final draw on October 21. Philip's lucky ticket number was randomly drawn from over 30,000 ticket numbers ... Read More

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