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Another successful grade 3 education season in the books! 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 […]

Graham and Tetayut Creeks, downstream of Keating Industrial Park, have regularly experienced high levels of pollution. In response, Peninsula Streams is working on a watershed protection initiative focused on educating businesses in the area. The Keating Industrial Park is located on the border of the ḰENNES (Hagan-Graham) and Tetayut watersheds in Central Saanich, with the

Check out our December 2022 Staff Presentations to see what we’ve been working on this past fall and summer.

Check out the article “Colquitz River Restoration: Providing Important Habitat for Salmon in an Increasingly Urbanized Watershed” on page 10 of the Saanich newsletter Our Backyard, written by our own Katrina Adams, Senior Aquatic Biologist, about our work in the Colquitz Watershed. 

Sharing an event from Canadian Parks & Wilderness Society – BC   Join me next week! Learn about the tiny but mighty sandlance Donate  |  Take Action  | About   Meet our Marine Special Guest Pop quiz! What common west coast fish spends most of its life buried in the sand but is vitally important to the

Rain gardens are vegetated areas in urban environments, designed to capture, hold, cool, and filter water on the landscape. Rain gardens hold water where it can either evaporate, be transpired by plants (loss of water through leaves, stems, and flowers), or seep deep into the soil and groundwater. These gardens are an example of ‘Green

Did you know that many members of our Greater Victoria community have the potential to take on meaningful restoration projects on their own property? However, restoration can be an intimidating prospect, as it involves more than simply digging out some invasive plants. So, how do community members transform a backyard space into a habitat for

Climate change is a growing global concern with significant implications for local aquatic ecosystems. As a result of shifted moisture regimes, streams within Greater Victoria are threatened by low summer flows, which can result in fish strandings (fish trapped in small, hot pools) and deaths. Peninsula Streams Society mitigates these effects by building the health