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Peninsula Streams Society Restoring and conserving the watersheds of Greater Victoria, from headwaters to deepwaters.

🎣 The countdown is on! We’re just under two weeks away from the Fly Fishing Film Festival hosted by Custom Rodbuilders I...
10/06/2026

🎣 The countdown is on! We’re just under two weeks away from the Fly Fishing Film Festival hosted by Custom Rodbuilders Inc. in support of Peninsula Streams & Shorelines.

On Saturday, October 17th, we’ll be gathering at the Victoria International Marina for an afternoon of incredible fly fishing films, food and drinks, and a cutthroat trout presentation, with proceeds supporting PSS’ coastal cutthroat trout research and conservation program.

If you haven’t grabbed your ticket yet, now’s the time! Follow the link in our bio to purchase event tickets ($30 per ticket) 🎟️.

We’re also excited to announce that the raffle is now LIVE!

We have 7 coveted prize packages up for grabs, including:
🐟 Fly fishing rods and reels
🐟 A guided fly fishing session
🐟 Fly boxes and premium fishing gear
🐟 Apparel, swag, and more

You don’t need to attend the film festival to enter! Raffle tickets are available to anyone, so you can still support coastal cutthroat trout research and have a chance to take home one of these fantastic prizes. Follow the link in our bio to purchase raffle tickets (1 for $10, 3 for $25) 🎟️.

Whether you join us for the films, enter the raffle from home, or both, your support helps drive our cutthroat trout conservation work forward.

What better way to enjoy the beautiful fall days than volunteering to protect and restore local watersheds? 🍂🪏🪲Links in ...
10/03/2026

What better way to enjoy the beautiful fall days than volunteering to protect and restore local watersheds? 🍂🪏🪲

Links in bio. 🔗

Today, on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation / Orange Shirt Day, we pause in remembrance of the painful history a...
09/30/2026

Today, on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation / Orange Shirt Day, we pause in remembrance of the painful history and lasting impacts of residential schools and day schools.

We pause to honour the children who never came home, as well as the survivors, their families and communities, and their future generations.

And we pause to recommit ourselves to healing and protecting the lands and waters that the lək̓ʷəŋən People and the W̱SÁNEĆ People have cared for since time immemorial. We are grateful for the partnerships that continue to guide our understanding of what it means to care for these places.

Reconciliation is an ongoing responsibility. We remain committed to listening, learning, building respectful relationships, and supporting the restoration and stewardship of these lands and waters, together.



📸: Ken Barnes of Salish Eye Productions (Welcome Pole by Master Carver KAtēwha‡et Tom LaFortune, which stands overlooking the Songhees Walkway Pocket Beach)

That’s a wrap on our 2026 European green crab (EGC) trapping season! 🦀From May through September, we worked alongside th...
09/28/2026

That’s a wrap on our 2026 European green crab (EGC) trapping season! 🦀

From May through September, we worked alongside the Bilston Watershed Habitat Protection Association (Bilston Watershed Habitat Protection Association) to complete five trapping events in Witty’s Lagoon, where EGC numbers have increased in recent years (from 2 in 2018 to 48 in 2025). This year, we removed a total of 44 EGC from the lagoon, almost all coming from the outlet channel area.

A big thank you to the Aquatic Invasive Species team at Fisheries and Oceans Canada (Fisheries and Oceans Canada) for joining us in the field during our June trapping event and for providing vital funding to support this work.

We also partnered with the Friends of Shoal Harbour (FOSH) for two early detection trapping events in Roberts Bay in July and August. Early detection trapping helps identify new EGC invasions before populations become established by monitoring suitable habitat where the species has not yet been detected.

We’re happy to report that no EGC were found in Roberts Bay! Instead, our traps turned up plenty of native species, including some feisty red rock and Dungeness crabs, along with staghorn and tidepool sculpins, gunnels, and dock shrimp.

None of this work would have been possible without our amazing volunteers, who braved deep water, sticky mud, and more than a few crab pinches to help set, retrieve, and process traps throughout the season. Thank you!

Continued monitoring, early detection, and rapid removal are important tools for protecting our local shorelines and nearshore ecosystems from this invasive species. We’ll be back for more trapping in the spring!

On September 9th, hardworking PSS volunteers joined our staff in Reay Creek Park to restore instream habitat in KEL,SET ...
09/23/2026

On September 9th, hardworking PSS volunteers joined our staff in Reay Creek Park to restore instream habitat in KEL,SET Creek! 💧🐟

This section of the creek is unusually wide, causing flows to spread across the channel and reducing the stream’s ability to scour and transport sediment. Over time, spawning gravels have become embedded, while shallow summer flows fragment habitat and make it more difficult for fish to move through the creek.

Together, staff and volunteers added 10 yards of cobbles and boulders and installed large woody debris structures to help concentrate flows, increase habitat complexity, create refuge areas, and protect vulnerable streambanks from erosion.

This work took place just downstream of an area restored last year, where volunteers hand-built three riffle crests and spawning gravel beds. Together, these projects are helping improve habitat connectivity, streambank stability, and the overall resilience of KEL,SET Creek.

And we’re not finished yet! We’ll be back soon to continue the restoration with riparian planting along the creek. 🌿

A big thank you to our volunteers for their hard work and to the Town of Sidney (Town Sidney) for their assistance and continued support of this project!

We did it—and it’s because of you.
This summer, we set a goal of raising $25,000 for our BEACH (Beach Education And Cons...
09/18/2026

We did it—and it’s because of you.

This summer, we set a goal of raising $25,000 for our BEACH (Beach Education And Conservation of Habitat) Program. Thanks to an incredible outpouring of support from our community, we surpassed that goal and raised more than $27,000 for local shoreline conservation!

What began as a campaign leading up to BC CrabFest (BC CrabFest) grew throughout the summer. With an opportunity to reach new supporters through Island Fisherman Magazine (Island Fisherman Magazine), we extended the campaign through August 31st, and along the way, two generous community partners stepped forward with matching gifts: Eagle Wing Tours (Eagle Wing Whale Watch Tours), matching donations up to $5,000, and Philbrook’s Boat Yard Ltd. (Philbrooks Boatyard), matching up to $2,000.

To everyone who donated, shared the campaign, encouraged a friend to get involved, or helped spread the word: thank you. The response has been a powerful reminder of how many people care deeply about the shorelines that make our region so special.

Your support will help us expand forage fish spawning surveys, launch new research investigating contaminant effects on surf smelt eggs, study juvenile salmon and their prey, map shoreline pressures, restore important beach habitat, remove invasive European green crab, strengthen shoreline protection, and bring more volunteers, students, and community members directly into this work. With your support, the BEACH Program is growing into a regional program connecting shoreline science, stewardship, restoration, education, and protection.

Thank you for believing in this work, for investing in healthier shorelines, and for helping us continue building a legacy of healthy watersheds, from headwaters to deep waters.

📸: 朱曦

SAVE THE DATE: Fly Fishing, Conservation, & Community 🎣🎬Join us on Saturday, October 17th from 2–5 PM at the Victoria In...
09/13/2026

SAVE THE DATE: Fly Fishing, Conservation, & Community 🎣🎬

Join us on Saturday, October 17th from 2–5 PM at the Victoria International Marina for a Fly Fishing Film Festival Fundraiser for Peninsula Streams & Shorelines, presented by Custom Rodbuilders Inc.!

Spend the afternoon with Victoria’s angling and conservation community enjoying a curated selection of award-winning Fly Fishing Film Tour (FT3) short films, raffle prizes and fishing experiences, light bites, and a presentation on PSS’ coastal cutthroat trout tagging program.

Funds raised will help us better understand and protect coastal cutthroat trout and the habitats they depend on. To date, the program has tagged 50 coastal cutthroat trout and installed 12 acoustic telemetry receivers throughout the Victoria and Sooke harbour areas—building a much-needed baseline for this important indicator species and helping guide future monitoring and restoration.

Whether you fish, love our local waterways, or simply want to spend an afternoon watching incredible films while supporting conservation close to home, we’d love to see you there.

🎟️ Ticket details coming soon!

🤝 Sponsorship opportunities are available for businesses looking to connect with a passionate, locally-rooted outdoor community while supporting healthy watersheds and sustainable fisheries. Contact [email protected] for more information.

Join Peninsula Streams & Shorelines and PEPAKEṈ HÁUTW̱ for hands-on restoration of SṈIDȻEȽ (Tod Inlet, Gowlland-Tod Prov...
09/11/2026

Join Peninsula Streams & Shorelines and PEPAKEṈ HÁUTW̱ for hands-on restoration of SṈIDȻEȽ (Tod Inlet, Gowlland-Tod Provincial Park) through the SṈIDȻEȽ Resiliency Project! 🌿🪏🌞

SṈIDȻEȽ, meaning “Place of the Blue Grouse” in SENĆOŦEN, is the first W̱SÁNEĆ village site and a place of enduring cultural significance for the W̱SÁNEĆ People. Since 2010, the PEPAKEṈ HÁUTW̱ team and partners have been working to heal the land from the historical legacy of industrial limestone quarrying and cement operations that impacted the site in the early 1900s.

Today, the project focuses on invasive species removal, native plant restoration, cultural revitalization, land-based learning, and reconnecting community members to this sacred landscape through stewardship. Native plants grown at the PEPAKEṈ HÁUTW̱ nursery are returned to the site, helping restore biodiversity and strengthen ecosystem resilience.

For our fall events, restoration activities will include removal of emerging invasive plant species, such as Himalayan blackberry, beach pea, English ivy, and Canada thistle. Come experience the beauty of SṈIDȻEȽ, learn about its history, and steward the land!  

Register at the link in PSS’ bio. 🔗

September volunteer events are here! From removing invasive species to cleaning up beaches to restoring salmon habitat, ...
09/04/2026

September volunteer events are here! From removing invasive species to cleaning up beaches to restoring salmon habitat, there’s something for everyone. 🌱🐟🌤️

Links in bio. 🔗

09/02/2026

As summer comes to a close, we’re reflecting on an incredibly busy season of restoration, monitoring, stewardship, education, and community action across our local streams and shorelines. We’re excited to share our Summer 2026 Newsletter, with updates from MÁW̱UEĆ and the Colquitz River, new BEACH Program research and monitoring, rain garden projects, stewardship activities, education highlights, and more.

Read the newsletter here:

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