We offer many ways for you to take action to protect and conserve local watersheds. Remove invasive plants. Clean up shorelines. Participate in stream restoration projects. Teach students. Meet like-minded people.
Our hands-on, place-based environmental education programs inspire action, advocacy, and a greater commitment to conservation and stewardship among youth in our communities. Roll up your sleeves, and get ready to learn!
Help us protect watersheds throughout Greater Victoria by becoming a member. Together, we will make a lasting difference in the health of local creeks, watersheds and shorelines.
For over 20 years, Peninsula Streams has restored and protected watersheds throughout Greater Victoria. Today our work is more important than ever, as urbanization and climate change continue to degrade local watersheds, creeks and shorelines.
BC Green Business: Peninsula Streams Highlight
BC Green Business Newsletter: Peninsula Streams Highlight Read the Newsletter Corporate sponsorships provide a valuable source of revenue for charities like ours, but partnerships and collaborations come in all forms. We encourage you to reach out, to amplify your reach and your impact on your communities. Thank you to BC Green Business for featuring us in […]
PSS in Saanich – Check out the article in Our Backyard
Check out the article entitled “Working to Restore the Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems within Saanich” on page 6 of Our Backyard by PSS’s own Katrina Adams, Senior Aquatic Biologist, about our work on the Colquitz Creek Watershed . For more info on the work being done on the Colquitz watershed, please take a look at […]
Urgent: Community Support Needed for Roberts Bay Restoration
Roberts Bay is an important estuary on the northeast side of the Saanich Peninsula in the Town of Sidney and the W̱SÁNEĆ Traditional Territories. The bay is part of the Shoal Harbour Migratory Bird Sanctuary, which was established in 1931 and encompasses 144 hectares of sheltered bays and extensive intertidal mudflats. While Roberts Bay is […]
Thank you to Saanich Fair Volunteers
We would like to extend a big THANK YOU! to the 26 volunteers who came out to support us at the Saanich Fair. The event was a great success as an outreach event; we actively engaged with the more than 1000 people who stopped by our booth and enrolled 21 new members. Check out our post on Facebook . A […]
Project done by UVic Community Mapping on Colquitz River restoration
Head to the Colquitz Restoration page on the website to read the paper on the Colquitz River – Copley Park Restoration restoration in full – LINK
Songhees Walkway Beach Restoration
Check out Songhees Walkway Beach Restoration in the News LINK TO NEWS
Summer Newsletters
The Summer Newsletters Are Here! Catch up on the latest PSS news in the July Newsletter and the Schooler along with back copies of all our previous newsletters – available HERE
Local by Nature – Colquitz River Restoration
View a video from the Youtube channel of Engage with Nature-Based Solutions on the Restoration of the Colquitz River featuring Peninsula Streams & Shorelines own Ian Bruce! Link Here
Gr 3 Education Program – Update
Another Successful Grade 3 Education Season As our grade 3 environmental education program draws to a close for the season, we leave with a greater appreciation for the importance of this program to the goals of Peninsula Streams. Not to mention a greater appreciation for elementary school teachers! Our grade 3 program involves two […]
Annual General Meeting
Save the Date Reminder – Annual General Meeting – May 27th Reminder that we are holding the Annual General Meeting on May 27th. Please note that there has been a change in times – the meeting is now being held from 2:30pm until 4:00 pm. The location of the the meeting is the Central Saanich Seniors’ Centre at […]