Making the reports

The Watershed Reports would not be possible without the contributions of many dedicated individuals and organizations.

Acknowledgements

This project was a Herculean task and one that would not have been possible without the dedication, passion, and expertise of so many incredible people and organizations across Canada. We wish we could personally thank every one of you who collected data in the field, managed and shared test results, provided expertise, and cheered on and championed this task. You are part of something bigger—our collective responsibility to protect and understand our waterways.

Thank you for being part of this journey.

Our small but mighty Watershed Reports' team

Core project team

To our incredible Watershed Reports' core team—Kiersten McCutcheon, Gabrielle Parent-Doliner, Kat Kavanagh, David Zilkey, Emily Lorra Hines, and Paige Lipczynski—your dedication to data transparency, community engagement, and freshwater health has been essential to advancing this initiative. We are grateful for your expertise, hard work, and passion in making this project a success.

  • Kiersten McCutcheon

    Community Data Coordinator at Water Rangers

  • Gabrielle Parent-Doliner

    Director of Water Rangers

  • Kat Kavanagh

    Executive Director of Water Rangers

  • David Zilkey

    Living Data Project Intern and Community Data Coordinator at Water Rangers

  • Emily Lorra Hines

    Communications Specialist

  • Paige Lipczynski

    Living Data Project Intern

With support from...

Everyone on the Water Rangers team pitched in, writing reports, spending countless hours formatting data for the website, helping promote the event, and generally picking up anything that needed doing.... Team work makes the dream work!

  • Nikolas Maclean

    Sustainability and social Enterprise Manager

  • Praise Osifo

    Community Research Coordinator

  • Laura Gilbert

    Community and Operations Manager

  • Wil Sayavong

    Warehouse Coordinator

  • Phil Sayavong

    Social Enterprise Assistant

External support

These Reports are a true collaboration, made possible by the generosity, expertise, and dedication of our friends and partners. Their support has been invaluable, and we are deeply grateful for the time and knowledge they have shared to bring this work to life.

  • WWF-Canada

    We extend our deepest gratitude to WWF-Canada, whose leadership and vision laid the foundation for these reports. To Catherine Paquette and Liz Hendriks, we owe so much, from the legacy of 2017 and 2020 Reports, to their steadfast support as we navigated our first attempt at this formidable task.

  • AquaAction

    To AquaAction, our funder and steadfast supporter, we thank them for their commitment to ensuring this important work continued under Water Rangers’ stewardship.

  • Entremission

    A huge thank you to Entremission for bringing the Watershed Reports to life. Their expertise in data infrastructure, visualization, and digital storytelling turned complex water quality data into an interactive and accessible experience, making it easier for everyone to explore and understand watershed health.

  • DataStream

    We are deeply grateful to DataStream for their invaluable contribution to the Watershed Reports, providing 15.5 million water quality data points—78% of the data used for trends and scores—through their open-data platform. Their commitment to transparency, collaboration strengthens our collective understanding of freshwater health, making community-sourced water data more accessible and impactful.

  • Living Data Project

    Our heartfelt thanks to the Living Data Project and data rescue interns David Zilkey and Paige Lipczynski for their exceptional work in preserving and standardizing historical water quality data. Special appreciation goes to Dr. Diane Srivastava for championing open data and ensuring that decades of vital ecological research remain available for future assessments.

  • Columbia Basin Water Hub

    We deeply appreciate Living Lakes Canada and the Columbia Basin Water Hub for their commitment to community-based water monitoring and data accessibility. By safeguarding and sharing critical water data, they play a key role in supporting evidence-based water stewardship and strengthening the impact of the Watershed Reports.

  • Experts advisors

    A special thanks to our advisors from across Canada, whose expertise and guidance have helped shape the integrity and scientific rigour of the reports. We have benefited from your generosity in sharing your expertise and your data.

  • Data stewards

    A heartfelt thank you to the scientists and agencies who have collected data on fish, benthic macroinvertebrates, water quality, and hydrology—some of which dates back over a century. Your efforts provide the foundation upon which these assessments are built.

  • External designers

    We extend a special thanks to Meg Callon for designing our logo and icons and Ollie Kavanagh for developing the design aesthetic (which we hope we did justice to!). Thanks to both of these incredible designers for helping with way too many design consults on everything from colours to layout.