Community Groups
Partnering with local stewardship groups and clubs is a great way for residents and communities to help restore and protect their riparian areas.
Some beneficial management practices for community initiatives include:
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Form or join a watershed stewardship group to support watershed education and projects
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Find out if riparian health or intactness assessments have been completed in your region
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Create a management plan based on riparian health or intactness in your region
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Partner with other groups, such as municipal initiatives, Watershed Planning and Advisory Councils, Cows and Fish, or Ducks Unlimited Canada
Various non-profit organizations
These organizations collaborate with communities, governments, and stakeholders to manage and protect watershed health. WPACs were established under Alberta’s Water for Life strategy.
Government of Alberta
A collaborative, step‑by‑step framework that guides communities and stakeholders to assess watershed conditions, set goals, and implement coordinated actions to protect, restore, and sustainably manage water resources over time.
Watersheds Canada
A program that helps communities restore shorelines with native plants by providing planning tools, technical support, and resources, while partner groups contribute local coordination and funding support to deliver projects on the ground.
Love Your Lake
These downloadable reports provide each property owner with an assessment of their shoreline conditions along with tailored, practical recommendations to improve lake health and stewardship practices.
Alberta Lake Management Society (ALMS)
A practical step‑by‑step workbook that helps communities collaboratively assess watershed conditions, set goals, and plan, implement, and monitor actions to protect and improve lake health.
Alberta Lake Management Society (ALMS)
This page provides a directory of Alberta-based lake stewardship groups that support local collaboration and action to protect and manage lake and watershed health across the province.
City of Calgary
This booklet explains how the City of Calgary engaged the local community to care for riparian areas and become involved in taking action.
North Saskatchewan Watershed Alliance (NSWA)
This summarizes the health and condition of a watershed using available data, and a community group can use it as a baseline and planning tool to identify issues, guide action, and support education and outreach efforts. These types of reports are created by multiple groups/regions.







