Hello PSS Friends and Members, From my desk, I’m looking out at the first heavy rainfall of the season. These ‘first-flush’ events can wash pollutants from vehicles into our storm drains and then into our creeks. They build up on the roads during dry weather and arrive in a ‘whoosh’…
Watersheds in Need receive $10,000 donation
April 24th, 2015. Watersheds in Need receive $10,000 donation Peninsula Streams Society recently received a windfall through the philanthropy of Mr. David Spence and his wife Donna Otto of Brentwood Bay. “Never before in our 13 year history have we received such a single large personal donation,” said Ian Bruce,…
A Great Hagan Creek Work Party!
Submitted by Denis Coupland, Coordinator, KENNES (Hagan/Graham Creek) Watershed Project We had a great turn-out for the KENNES (Hagan/Graham Creek) Watershed Project Work Party last Saturday morning and we got most of the work done that we wanted. Rather than describing it in detail I’ll let the pictures below do the…
Extra, Extra, Read all About it!
Our Jan-March 2013 newsletter is hot off the presses… download, read and enjoy~!
Happy Holidays from Peninsula Streams!
Annual General Meeting – An Invitation
Peninsula Streams Society invites you to our Annual General Meeting on Sunday May 27th Location: Greenglade Community Centre, 2151 Lannon Way, Sidney. Map Time: 3-5pm Coffee and tea will be provided (please bring a coffee mug if you can; disposable paper cups will also be provided). To assist with planning, please RSVP.…
Oh, Happy Day!…Park
Along with the Brentwood Bay LEAD group (LEAD = Local Environmental Action Divas), we will be holding a volunteer work party this coming Saturday May 5th at Happy Day Park (what a great name for a park!) in Brentwood. Happy Day Park is a very small green space that…
Seahorses *Silent Auction Update*
Annual Spring Fundraiser at the Seahorses Cafe
It’s almost spring and time to plan for our fabulous annual Peninsula Streams Seahorses Dinner and Silent Auction. You can mark the date in your calendars now – Monday, April 23. Sandi Harte of the Seahorses Cafe in Brentwood Bay is still working on the three course gourmet dinner menu…
Creatures of Habitat…in the beginning.
It’s hard to believe that it was four years ago that we were part of the team involved in developing the first Creatures of Habitat environmental education event. That event, in 2009, was a huge production in terms of planning and logistics. It involved gathering almost 600 Gr. 6 students…