Peninsula Streams Society

Today is Wild Salmon Day 🐟🤎

We’re raising the flag for wild salmon and celebrating the incredible people dedicated to protecting them.

Wild salmon face growing pressures from habitat loss, urban development, pollution, and climate change. But across our region, people are taking action.

From restoring salmon habitat to monitoring local populations, educating communities, and inspiring the next generation of environmental stewards, this work is made possible by volunteers, First Nations, partners, staff, and community members who care deeply about salmon and the watersheds they depend on.

Wild salmon connect our forests, creeks, shorelines, communities, and cultures. This Wild Salmon Day, we invite you to reflect on what wild salmon mean to you, take action in your local watershed, and help raise awareness for the work still needed to protect them.

Our Nymph Point Park shoreline restoration project is complete! 🌊🌱

Located in Tsehum Harbour, Nymph Point Park is one of the region’s most important surf smelt spawning beaches. These small forage fish support salmon, seabirds, and marine mammals, making this shoreline a high priority site for habitat protection and restoration.

The site is also culturally significant to the Tseycum First Nation as a village site, marine gathering place, shellfish harvesting area, and place for cultural activities. The project area includes a registered archaeological site with midden deposits, burial cairns, ancestral remains, and cultural belongings.

In partnership with the District of North Saanich, Tsawout First Nation, the W̱SÁNEĆ Leadership Council, Stantec, Allterra Construction Ltd, Hatchet & Seed, LGL Ltd, Project Watershed, and the Oak Bay Marine Group, restoration works included the removal of a long-standing creosote log ramp, marine debris cleanup, ecocultural backshore stabilization, installation of a new cedar staircase, pathway realignment, invasive species management, and native planting.

In total, approximately 2,250 m² of native planting area was restored and 2,000 m² of invasive species management was completed. The site will now undergo regular monitoring and maintenance to track forage fish use, vegetation establishment, and shoreline stability.

This project is a strong example of how Indigenous knowledge, community science, and Nature-based Solutions (NbS) can come together to protect coastal habitat and build shoreline resilience.

A huge thank you to everyone who helped make this project possible!

From headwaters to deepwaters, 2025 was a year of action, collaboration, and impact for Peninsula Streams.

Together with our volunteers, partners, schools, municipalities, First Nations, and supporters, we restored over 7.5 acres of habitat, engaged 7,300+ community members and students, supported stewardship across 15+ watersheds, and continued building healthier streams and shorelines across Southern Vancouver Island. 🐟🌱

From restoring salmon habitat and monitoring forage fish spawning beaches, to empowering youth through hands-on environmental education and advancing community science, this work would not be possible without the people who continue to show up for local ecosystems.

The full report is now available on our website. 🔗

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