Our 3rd Annual Online Auction is now live!  Keep checking in, as more items will be added throughout the week.   2023 Spring Online Auction   Auction opens: Friday March 10th at 10 AM Auction ends: Sunday Mar. 19th at 10 PM We have lots of fabulous offerings again this year, in many Categories, including Experiences, Fishing, Food & Drink. We hope you …

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Click  below to see a presentation of what we achieved this summer and fall.

See page 10 in the Fall 2022 edition of ‘Our Backyard’ for an article written by Katrina Adams, Sr. Aquatic Biologist for PSS, outlining the ongoing salmon spawning habitat restoration project on the Colquitz River.   https://www.saanich.ca/assets/Community/Documents/Planning/OurBackyardFall2022Web.pdf

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 …

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Check out the links below from recent stories on Chek TV Forage Fish returning to Pocket Beach. https://www.cheknews.ca/forage-fish-make-a-return-to-pocket-beach-in-vic-west-1109074/ Bio-Engineered Fencing on Mermaid Creek https://www.cheknews.ca/mermaid-creek-receives-new-bio-engineered-fencing-1108235/

The 2023 Membership portal is now open! Regular Membership – $10 Student Membership – $5   Please also consider becoming a Volunteer by clicking on the Volunteer button and filling in the survey. We have many ways that you can help us protect and manage the streams and watersheds in the Greater Victoria region.   …

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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 …

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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 …

Local Landowner Restores Backyard Stream and Inspires a Watershed Community Read More »

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 …

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by Carmen Pavlov, Environmental Support Technician Living near the Salish Sea brings a diverse range of wildlife to our doorstep, including seabirds, intertidal critters, fish, and the charismatic Orca (Orcinus orca). Orcas in B.C are classified into three groups: residents (Northern and Southern), transients, and offshores. All three have distinct diets, social/family groups, hunting strategies, …

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Environmental non-profits thrive when supported by volunteer contributions and citizen science. Our volunteers’ dedication and passion are what drive our community-based environmental conservation...

Working on the Millstream Creek Fishway Project allowed Farmer Construction to further our understanding of how to use urban building knowledge to create salmon enhancement habitat.

In spite of COVID-19 we’ve managed to begin beach cleanups, plan fall school programs, reinstated our volunteer water quality sampling, and are ramping up forage fish beach surveys

Over sixty metric tons of rock and spawning gravel have been added to the Swan Creek since 2014. This is about the weight of a space shuttle!

“Creatures of Habitat” is an environmental education program that we deliver annually to Grade 6 and 7 students to coincide with Earth Day

See various notes and downloads from our Annual Meeting of the Colquitz Coalition.

Meet us on Saturday, December 15 at 10:00 am to help clean up Island View Beach with a special appearance from Santa!

Please consider volunteering for our 10th Annual Creatures of Habitat events this spring! Volunteers are needed to provide instruction and supervision to the students during the outdoor activities.