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Check out the article “Working to Restore the Freshwater and Marine Ecosystems within Saanich” on page 6 & 7 of the Saanich newsletter Our Backyard, written by our own Katrina Adams, Senior Aquatic Biologist, about our work in the Colquitz Watershed. For more info on this work, take a look at the Colquitz River 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

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; we actively engaged with the more than 1000 people who stopped by our booth and enrolled 21 new members. A special thanks to Peter and Bill from Goldstream Hatchery

Check out this awesome story map on our Colquitz River restoration work made by UVic Community Mapping students!

Our 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, found here.

Check out this video from Engage with Nature-Based Solutions on the restoration of the Colquitz River, featuring our own Ian Bruce!

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.