Watersheds Canada to help restore shorelines across 5 provinces in 2023-2024

May 8, 2024 – Watersheds Canada is proud to deliver its program, The Natural Edge, in partnership with over twenty other grassroots organizations across Canada in 2023-2024. This two-year project to increase shoreline resilience and community engagement is generously funded by the RBC Foundation. Vegetated buffers are effective in removing over 90% of runoff when compared to non-vegetated shorelines, and are critical in mitigating the effects of climate change. These areas provide critical ... Read More

Watersheds Canada, a leading national environmental charity, announces the launch of its education toolkit to address the increasing threat of light pollution on Canada's natural environments, wildlife, and human health. The education toolkit will highlight a comprehensive public awareness initiative to educate individuals, businesses, and municipalities about the detrimental effects of light pollution.  Artificial lighting, while beneficial to some human activities, has unintended side ... Read More

Have you ever noticed how many things you can fit into a backpack? Backpacks hold more than just our water bottles and bugspray. They can carry tools that help us create memories and connect with nature. It’s even possible to fit the wonders of Canada’s freshwater and forests inside a backpack. We want to partner alongside you this Earth Day to ensure more children have access to fun, age-appropriate activities and science equipment this summer. Over the past three years, Watersheds ... Read More

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

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

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

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

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

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