Stewardship, Education & Best Management Practices
Stewardship and BMPs
• A Shoreline Owner's Guide to Healthy Waterfronts
• DFO Factsheets
• DockTalk Fact Sheets
• Green Guest Guide
• Hinterlands Who’s Who — Action and Awareness
• Lake Management Planning Program — Stewardship Opportunities
• Living by Water
• Wetkit — Tools for Working with Wetlands
Boating & Recreation
• Fish habitat & docks, boathouses and boat launches
• Living by Water — Recreation and Boating
• Ontario Marine Operators — Clean Marine
Building & Renovations
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Living by Water — Construction tips
• The Dock Primer
Invasive Species
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FOCA Fact Sheet — Invasive Species
• OFAH Invading Species
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Protect Your Waters
Landscaping
• Green Gardening
• Health Canada — Pesticide Regulations in Canada
• Lake Friendly Gardening
• Living by Water — Yard
• Pesticide Free Gardening
Mining
• Bedford Mining Alert
• Ministry of Northern Development and Mines
Septic
• FOCA Fact Sheet — Septic Systems
• Grey Water
• Living by Water — Septic Systems
• Ontario Onsite Wastewater Centre (ORWC)
• Sun-mar composting toilets Septic Smart
• Ottawa Septic System Office— Rideau Valley Conservation Authority
• Mississippi-Rideau Septic System Office
Shoreline
• Fish habitat and shoreline stabilization
• FOCA Fact Sheet — Natural Shorelines
• FOCA Fact Sheet — Night Skies
• Living by Water — Erosion
• Mutual Association for the Protection of Lake Environments — MAPLE
• Shoreland Stewardship Scorecard
• Solutions for Light Pollution
• The Shore Primer
Water and Water Quality
• Interpreting and Using Water Quality Results
• Lake Access
• Lake Partner Program — Ontario Ministry of the Environment
• Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
• Muskoka Water Web
• Water Connections
• Water on the Web — Lake Ecology
• Water Quality Publications – Ontario Ministry of the Environment
Aquatic Vegetation and Algae
• Blue-Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) and their Toxins
• Blue-Green Algae — Information for cottagers and homeowners
• Controlling Aquatic Plants
• FOCA Fact Sheet — Algae
• Green Facts — What are Algae?
• Information About Blue-Green Algae: Background, potential impacts to human health and safety of drinking water |
