Healthy Shorelines for Healthy Lakes
Learning Lessons from Common Loons

Learning Lessons from Common Loons

Have you heard about the pair of Common Loons that are raising two Canada Goose goslings in Michigan? It all started when a Canada Goose laid two eggs in a loon nest. The eggs were incubated without question by the loons and they eventually hatched. It didn’t take...
10 Successful Years for Love Your Lake

10 Successful Years for Love Your Lake

Participating in Love Your Lake is a great way to gauge the health of your shoreline and your lake and become a steward of your local freshwater! Over the past 10 years, Watersheds Canada and the Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) have been proud to support waterfront...
Impacts of Wildfires on Lakes

Impacts of Wildfires on Lakes

Wildfires are a natural part of ecosystems and can even be beneficial. They recycle nutrients into the soil; they open the forest canopy and allow for new growth; and some species, like Jack Pine and Lodgepole Pine, need fire to open their cones and release their...