State of Salmon The Pacific Salmon Foundation’s State of Salmon 2025 Report provides a data-driven overview of the state and trends for six species of Pacific salmon, including steelhead, throughout British Columbia and the Yukon. View the report

  October 18th was All Buffleheads Day 2025!  Buffleheads are North America’s smallest diving sea duck. In the summer, they’re found throughout the aspen parkland belt of Western Canada and Alaska. Amazingly, buffleheads rely entirely on Northern Flickers for their nesting sites, having evolved their small size to fit the woodpecker’s tree cavities. In the […]

Our popular Anian hats are back in stock at Robinson’s Outdoor Store! Show your love for local watersheds and get yours today! All proceeds go to supporting our projects and programs. 🌊

Salmon spotting season is here! 🐟 We’re starting to see the first few spawning coho come up the Colquitz River, and this year we’re launching something new: a volunteer-led salmon spawner and redd monitoring program! Through weekly walks along the Colquitz River and its tributaries, volunteers will count returning salmon and record the locations of […]

Click on the photo below to check out the Jul-Aug 2025 edition (Issue 4) of The Schooler newsletter! You can find all of our newsletters going back to 2018 here.

The most recent (or only?) research into surf smelt (Hypomesus pretiosus) is a 2002 paper from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. Some of you may recall the Harper government’s destruction of scientific research, and firing of many scientists in government. There was a commercial fishery for surf smelt in Roberts Bay, peaking more […]

This report, by Michael Bissonette, staff lawyer with West Coast Environmental Law, spotlights the Mermaid Creek Salt Marsh in Sidney, BC (traditional WSÁNEĆ territories) as a case study to reveal problems with provincial coastal management and to suggest solutions. The report begins by discussing the Mermaid Creek Salt Marsh restoration project and the issues it […]

Protect our creeks, ponds, and shorelines by choosing water‑safe ways to control moss on your roof. Many moss control products contain bleach, ammonia, or other toxic chemicals that harm fish, amphibians, and water quality when washed into storm drains or directly into creeks. What goes on your roof can end up in the water! Why […]

Interested in the latest news on forage fish? Click on the photo below to check out the May-Jun 2025 edition (Issue 3) of The Schooler newsletter! You can find all of our newsletters going back to 2018 here.

Interested in the latest news on forage fish? Click on the photo below to check out the Mar-Apr 2025 edition (Issue 2) of The Schooler newsletter! You can find all of our newsletters going back to 2018 here.

Click below to watch our 2025 Spring Staff Presentations

We’re thrilled to announce our nomination and subsequent recognition as the recipient of the prestigious 2025 Conservation Organization of the Year Award. This honour, nominated by the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC and supported by the American Fisheries Society, celebrates PSS’ exceptional contributions to the conservation and restoration of key fishery resources and habitats on […]

Didn’t get a chance to tune into the Coastal Forage Fish Network 2025 Spring Symposium? Click the poster below to watch the full YouTube video recording.

Check out a story about the rain garden at Parkland Secondary School and about our partners at Resilient Urban Systems & Habitat (RUSH) on page 28 & 29 in the April edition of Seaside Magazine.

Interested in the latest news on forage fish? Click on the photo below to check out the Jan-Feb 2025 edition (Issue 1) of The Schooler newsletter! You can find all of our newsletters going back to 2018 here.

Watch the Rain Gardens webinar presented to the Native Plants Study Group by PSS Executive Director, Kyle Armstrong, on February 20th, 2025.  Click the link below for the YouTube video, or browse through our Presentations & Webinars web page – LINK

Show your love for local watersheds and support Peninsula Streams with our new merch! 🌊 T-shirts, Anian hats, and stickers featuring stunning designs by artist Emma Polard are now available for purchase at Robinson’s Outdoor Store. Get yours today and help protect nearby streams, shorelines, and salmon! 🐟

Environmental Support Technician Full-time, fixed-term position. Provides essential program and fieldwork support, enhancing the impact of our environmental stewardship, restoration, and education initiatives. Photo: Shawn Thomson Photography

Education and Outreach Coordinator Full-time, rolling position. Builds awareness and enthusiasm for stewardship in our communities, and among youth in particular, inspiring and empowering them in citizen science, climate action, and care for land and water.

Eco-Cultural Technician Full-time, rolling position, designated for Indigenous candidates only. Play a pivotal role in bridging Indigenous knowledge and Western science to support ecological restoration projects, environmental stewardship, and education programming at PSS.

Click below to watch our 2024 Winter Staff Presentation:

We want to thank Justin Budyk, Environmental Stewardship Coordinator, for his tireless work planning, building, and maintaining rain gardens, and for his leadership with our Stewardship Programs. Justin is leaving to begin an education program and become a teacher! We are so happy to see him continue on his journey, and we thank him for everything. […]

Read our article titled “Peninsula group ready for ‘all hands on deck’ fight against invasive crabs” by Christine van Reeuwyk from Black Press Media.

Head over to our Songhees Walkway restoration page to check out the story map created by UVic students charting the history and restoration of this important site – Link  

Our 4th Annual Online Auction is now available for preview! Check out the exciting items on offer this year before the auction goes live on Friday, April 19th @ 7:00PM.  Don’t forget to register while you’re there! CLICK HERE TO PREVIEW We’d like to acknowledge the generosity of our donors for making this event possible […]

BC Green Business Newsletter: Peninsula Streams Highlight Read the Newsletter Corporate sponsorships provide a valuable source of revenue for charities like ours, but partnerships and collaborations come in all forms. We encourage you to reach out, to amplify your reach, and your impact on your communities. Thank you to BC Green Business for featuring us in […]

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. 

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 […]