Inspire young conservationists to protect the environment with a short activity on water quality and watersheds. Participants discover the importance of watershed management, learn about water quality problems, and discover possible...

In this environment worksheet, learners take part in a variety of activities that includes an experiment, word search, and readings related to the watershed.

In this social studies and science activity, students learn the importance of ponds in an area's watershed by reading and completing the 8 pages of questions and activities in this newsletter, which is put out by the Southwest Florida...

In this science worksheet, students learn about water resources and watersheds by reading and answering questions in this 8 pages newsletter. Students learn about salt vs. fresh water, discover the protective role of estuaries, learn...

In this riparian buffer activity, students click on the links to learn about why we should maintain the riparian buffer and answer short answer questions about it. Students answer 7 questions.

A project-based collaborative unit of study that teaches students about watershed health using real-time geospatial technology. Students engage in outdoor field experiences while using twenty-first century learning skills.

Learn about EPA's work to protect and manage water resources and what you can do to help.

Children will learn about riparian areas and their importance in maintaining balanced ecosystems in lands adjoining lakes, streams and rivers, as they play these colourful, interactive games.

This article describes how to go about restoring a freshwater shoreline in a riparian area in Alberta.

Healthy riparian areas have much higher levels of biodiversity than other types of ecosystems, as explained in this fact sheet. Unfortunately, this also attracts more people, which can contribute to degradation of the ecosystem if the...

Protecting Shorelines & Streambanks - Naturally explains the critical importance of healthy shorelines for preventing soil erosion and filtering out pollutants. It looks specifically at riparian areas, such as those in Alberta, which...

This U.S. Geological Survey website features a fictious town, Dryville, and uses it to illustrate every aspect of water management that you might encounter. Click Home to access the site in Spanish.

The Mackenzie Valley,in the Canada's Northwest Territories, is under the protection of WWF-Canada's Mackenzie River Basin Conservation Program. The program aims to protect habitats & ecosystems within the watershed, and to make sure...

The authors of this guide explain through pictures and clearly written text, what riparian areas are, why they are so important for an ecosystem's health, how to assess their health, and how to improve and preserve them.

Riparian soils occur along the edges of a lake, stream or river. Pictures and diagrams in this fact sheet explain the importance of and composition of riparian soils.