Dear Peninsula Streams Society Members and Friends, You are invited to attend our Annual General Meeting, which will take place on Saturday May 6th from 3-5pm at the Brentwood Bay Lodge. We are delighted to have as guest speaker Dr. Richard (Dick) Beamish, C.M., O.B.C, Ph.D., D.Sc., F.R.S.C., Emeritus Scientist…
Volunteers Needed! Creatures of Habitat – April 2017
Volunteers are absolutely VITAL to this program, to provide instruction and supervision to the students during the outdoor activities. Depending on the number of students at each school, we require anywhere from 12-15 volunteers/day. You are Most welcome to volunteer for more than one day; and if you can be…
Streamkeepers Training – March 25-26
Tod Creek Watershed Tour 2016
On October 30th over 40 interested community stewards boarded the Community Action Bus for a tour of the Tod Creek Watershed. Over three hours we visited four restoration sites and got to hear from the lead stewards and project managers about each of the projects. Winona and Mary from the Friends…
Tod Creek Flats with Local students
Last week, with the Greater Victoria Green Team, we hosted students from Island Montessori and Royal Oak Middle Schools. As the second year of Peninsula Streams’ Tod Creek Flats Enhancement Project draws to a close, it was great to trade the excavators and trucks for two groups of energetic and inquisitive…
Hagan Work Party Triumph!
Submitted by Denis Coupland. The rain-soaked soil was so soft last Saturday that our hardy band of KENNES volunteers was able to simply use shovels to dig up most of the crown roots attached to the remains of stalks left after the excavator had ripped out the worst of the…
Tod Creek project in ‘Our Backyard’
Our Tod Creek Enhancement Project is one of the featured projects in the District of Saanich ‘Our Backyard’ Fall 2016 magazine~! See p. 11 for the write-up.
‘Celebrate Your Watershed’ Dine, Dance & Silent Auction Fundraiser
Come Celebrate your Watershed! on Saturday, November 19, 2016 from 5 PM – 11 PM at the Prospect Lake Community Hall (5358 Sparton Rd, Victoria, British Columbia V9E 2H5) with an Evening of Delicious Food, Delightful Music & Spirited Bidding! Drinks and Social hour will begin at 5pm, with a…
Tod Creek Workparties
With the Friends of Tod Creek Watershed, we will hold two workparties to plant the riparian zone on Tod Creek Flats. We will be transplanting ground cover, wetland plants, and rushes harvested from the wetlands, installing trees and shrubs and cutting willow for stakes. Dates: Tues. Oct. 25th and Sat.…
Tod Creek Watershed Bus Tour – Sun, Oct. 30
Please register as space is limited! Suggested donation $5-10.