A’Tlegay Fisheries Society

A-Tlegay was the result of collaboration of the five member nations; We Wai Kai, Wei Wai Kum, K’omoks, Tlowitsis and Kwiakah Nations. Together, they lead and participate in a wide variety of fisheries focused projects.

Sampled: Black Creek

Beaufort Watershed Stewards

They work to promote the health and resilience of local watersheds in the Beaufort Range and to ensure the quality and quantity of fresh water for the future.

Sampled: Hart Creek, Nile Creek, Annie Creek

Bilston Watershed Habitat Protection Association

They are committed to advancing stewardship of Bilston Creek, other surface creeks, streams, and tributaries in the watershed, and groundwater health.

Sampled: Bilston Creek, Firehall Creek, Pritchard Creek

Black Creek Volunteers

This group of local residents have come together to sample a tributary of Black Creek wetlands, as they have seen coho make their way up this ditchline.

Sampled: Black Creek tributary

Brooklyn Creek Watershed Stewards

This group is working to protect, preserve, and restore the Brooklyn Creek Watershed through community stewardship and education.

Sampled: Brooklyn Creek

Campbell River Environmental Committee

They promote environmental awareness that supports informed decision making on environmental issues.

Sampled: Casey Creek

Cowichan Lake & River Stewardship Society

Their purpose is to work to protect the Cowichan watershed through restoration, monitoring, and outreach initiatives.

Sampled: Hatchery (Oliver) Creek, Meade Creek

Cowichan Tribes

Cowichan Tribes monitors the upland, freshwater, and marine ecosystems within their traditional territory.

Sampled: Cowichan River tributary

Departure Creek Streamkeepers

A group of dedicated residents that plan and facilitate the restoration and monitoring of Departure Creek.

Sampled: Departure Creek

Esquimalt Lagoon Stewardship Initiative

This coalition is working together to protect, enhance, and restore Esquimalt Lagoon and the Coburg Peninsula.

Sampled: Colwood Creek

Fanny Bay Salmonid Enhancement Society

They work to enhance creeks in their region by repairing and creating new habitat, and monitoring and protecting existing habitat.

Sampled: Cook Creek, Rosewall Creek

Friends of Bowker Creek

The group supports the restoration and enhancement of Bowker Creek and its watershed to a healthy state.

Sampled: Bowker Creek

Friends of French Creek Conservation Society

They are dedicated to the conservation and restoration of the French Creek Watershed. 

Sampled: French Creek

Goldstream Volunteer Salmonid Enhancement Association

Involved in salmonid enhancement, education, and maintaining a coho and chum fishery off the south easterly tip of Vancouver Island.

Sampled: Goldstream River

Gorge Waterway Action Society

Their mission is to preserve and enhance the Gorge Waterway through environmental education, restoration, conservation, stewardship, and community involvement.

Sampled: Gorge Creek

Greenways Land Trust

They work to enhance the community through the creation and management of greenways networks, based on principles of stream and land stewardship. 

Sampled: Kingfisher Creek, Willow Creek, Nunns Creek

Halalt First Nation

Halalt First Nation works with DFO to monitor the salmon population in the Chemainus River.

Sampled: Chemainus River, Bonsall Creek

Koksilah Watershed Working Group

The group works using an ecosystem based approach to assessing the health of the Koksilah River and its tributaries.

Sampled: Kelvin Creek, Norrie Creek, Busy Creek

Little River Enhancement Society

They undertake a two prong approach to fish conservation – river and streambed restoration and operation of small scale hatchery year round.   

Sampled: Little River

Mid Vancouver Island Habitat Enhancement Society

They are dedicated to the recovery of wild Pacific salmon through the conservation and restoration of their habitat – watersheds, estuaries and shorelines.

Sampled: Carey/Romey Creek, Mills Street Outfall, Sutherland Outfall

Mill Bay & District Conservation Society

This group manages the coho run in Shawnigan Creek, a creek that coho were introduced to in the late 1970s.

Sampled: Shawnigan Creek (above and below the lake), McGee Creek, West Arm Creek

Millard-Piercy Watershed Stewards

This group is working together to protect and promote the natural beauty of the Millard-Piercy watershed.

Sampled: Piercy Creek

Malahat Nation

Malahat Nation’s Environment Department focuses on promoting stewardship and sustainable practices throughout the marine and terrestrial environment in the Nation’s traditional territory. 

Sampled: Goldstream River

Morrison Creek Streamkeepers

MCS are an active group of watershed residents and community members dedicated to preserving, rehabilitating and promoting public awareness of the Morrison Creek watershed. 

Sampled: Morrison Creek

Nanaimo Area Land Trust

Through land acquisition, restoration, and outreach, NALT supports, promotes, and protects the natural values of land and water in the Nanaimo area.

Sampled: Cat Stream

Perseverance Creek Streamkeepers

The Perseverance Creek Streamkeepers are the eyes on the creek thats runs through this watershed and they carry out fish rescue on an “as-needed” basis every spring and summer.

Sampled: Perseverance Creek

Peninsula Streams & Shorelines Society

They have coordinated restoration and habitat conservation projects throughout Greater Victoria.

Sampled: Gabo Creek, Millstream River

PKOLS – Mount Douglas Conservancy

This society works to protect and preserve the natural environment of PKOLS – Mt. Douglas.

Sampled: Douglas Creek 

Qualicum Beach Streamkeepers Society

The group is dedicated to protecting and restoring local wild fish habitat.

Sampled: Beach Creek, Grandon Creek

Save Simms Creek

They are a neighbourhood group working to save the wilderness surrounding Simms Creek. 

Sampled: Dogwood Retention Pond, Simms Creek

Shawnigan Basin Society

They are working to protect and secure the health and safety of the Shawnigan Lake Watershed and the drinking water it provides.

Sampled: Shawnigan Creek (above and below the lake), McGee Creek, West Arm Creek

Snuneymuxw First Nation

The Marine Division supports the long-term strategy of increasing Snuneymuxw presence within the marine environment while ensuring that culturally and sacred sites are protected, and food security is maintained.

Sampled: Beck Creek, Haslam Creek, Nanaimo River

Stz’uminus First Nation

The Stz’uminus First Nation’s Fisheries Department is contributing to sampling in the Stz’uminus traditional territory, around Ladysmith. Stz’uminus’ mission is to use their sacred teachings to support and inspire one another to built a prosperous and healthy Nation.

Sampled: Bush Creek, Holland Creek

Trash Panda Brigade

This group is comprised of paddlers (SUP, kayak, canoe) that undertake ocean cleanup efforts in the Greater Victoria area. They have recently been pulling a lot of tires out of the Gorge Waterway.

Sampled: Gorge Waterway

We Wai Kai Nation

The We Wai Kai Nation’s Guardians work to protect cultural resources, gather data on important species and habitats, and monitor resources activities within their territory.

Sampled: Hyacinthe Creek

Walley Creek Streamkeepers

The group is working to restore Walley Creek and its associated wetlands to their optimal ecological health and reduce human impacts through restoration and education.

Sampled: Walley Creek