Cool lakes ringed by rustling pines, prairie marshes in spring dawn, remote and rocky ocean coasts and restless rivers tumbling across the northern tundra. That's Canada!

With one-fifth of the world's fresh water, almost one quarter of its wetlands, about two million lakes and 243,793 kilometres of coastline, Canada is truly a watery wonderland. And because we are all part of the network of watersheds that criss-cross the land before emptying into one of Canada's three oceans, taking care of our water is a shared responsibility.

Join CWF as we celebrate Rivers to Oceans Week (June 8-14). Starting on Oceans Day, June 8 and encompassing Canadian Rivers Day on June 12, Rivers to Oceans Week is your opportunity to celebrate the water that makes Canada special and to recognize that ocean health is a freshwater issue.

To mark Rivers to Oceans Week in 2011, CWF is launching the Water's Worth It! video contest. Send us a one-minute video telling us what's so special about your local body of water and why it's worth conserving. If you win, CWF will contribute $2,000 in funding towards a water-conservation project in your area.

The contest is open to all residents of Canada of any age. The top videos will be posted on RiverstoOceans.ca with online voting from July 1-8 to choose the winner.

The contest is only accepting entries until June 20, 2011, so hurry and enter your video today!

Visit RiverstoOceans.ca for full contest details and to find out about other events and activities happening across the country and how you can support CWF's water conservation efforts.Together, we can make water conservation mainstream.

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Contatct: Natalie Gillis, Canadian Wildlife Federation
Telephone 1-800-563-9453
Email natalieg@cwf-fcf.org