Here are some resources to help you get started protecting aquatic environments. Remember, the best way to get involved is through participation! Join the Volunteer Team at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Science Centre or an environmental club in your neighbourhood and start setting the stage for habitat stewardship!

The Great Canadian Shoreline Clean Up
In the past ten years, more than 1.5 million volunteers from 90 countries, including Canada, have participated in the annual International Coastal Clean Up. Communities work together to create solutions that ensure our oceans and waterways are kept clean. This year, the clean ups will be extended into Alberta. To sign your group up for The Great Canadian Shoreline Clean Up, please call 659-3506 or email shorelinecleanup@vanaqua.org

The Amazing Environmental Organization Web Directory
http://www.webdirectory.com/
This directory is "amazing." Aside from the usual players in land conservation and sustainable development (like the National Wetlands Technical Council and Yellow Mountain Institute for Sustainable Living), there are entries here that may surprise you.

Great Lakes Natural Resource Center®
http://www.nwf.org/greatlakes/index.html
The National Wildlife Federation's Great Lakes Natural Resource Center in Ann Arbor, Michigan, unites people throughout the U.S. and Canada to protect the world's greatest freshwater seas, the surrounding ecosystem, and the benefits they provide to people and wildlife.

Environment Canada Green Lane
http://www.tor.ec.gc.ca/

Wetland Ecosystem Team
http://www.fish.washington.edu/research/wet/WET.html
The Wetland Ecosystem Team (WET), located at the University of Washington School of Fisheries, conducts research on wetland ecology and restoration. Their research focuses particularly on the estuaries of the Pacific Northwest.

The Ecology Action Centre
http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/environment/eac/eac-home.html The Ecology Action Centre has been an active advocate protecting the environment since 1972. The Centre's earliest projects included recycling, composting, and energy conservation. These are now widely recognized environmental issues. Currently they are focusing on Marine, Wilderness, and Transportation Issues, as well as School Ground Naturalization and serving as interveners on the proposed Sable Offshore Energy Project.

Ducks Unlimited Canada
http://www.ducks.ca
Ducks Unlimited Canada conserves, restores and manages wetlands and associated habitats for North America's Waterfowl. Ducks Unlimited Canada, founded in 1938, is a private, nonprofit charitable organization.