About the Peninsula Streams Society

Headwaters to Deep Waters

Peninsula Streams Society helps coordinate stream restoration and habitat conservation on the Saanich Peninsula. We provide our member groups with the technical expertise and resources to help achieve their goals.

The purposes of Peninsula Streams Society are:

1. To develop, organize and participate in environmental projects and programs on the Saanich Peninsula and surrounding areas that will:
   • monitor, preserve and restore flora and fauna
   • monitor, preserve and restore rivers, creeks and watersheds, marine environments and near-shore environments
   • conserve, re-use and reduce water and waste
   • improve the urban and rural/agricultural environments


2. To educate and increase the understanding of the public, environmental organizations, government and the press about environmental preservation and restoration and their importance, by offering workshops, seminars, training and lectures.



3. To conduct research relating to the environment and disseminate the results of such research.

The Need

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Biographies

Ian Douglas Bruce is the Executive Coordinator for the Peninsula Streams Society. Through his consulting firm, Watershed Ecological Services Ltd., he also provides ecological and fisheries services to industry, government and First Nations. Ian is a registered professional biologist and completed a Diploma in Restoration of Natural Systems at UVic in 2003. Ian grew up in Victoria, attending Margaret Jenkins, Monterey, Oak Bay Junior/Senior Schools and UVic. After a twenty year sojourn on the Island’s West Coast, he moved to the Saanich Peninsula in 1997.

Francesca Loro is the Stewardship Coordinator for Peninsula Streams Society.  She is a recent graduate of the Environmental Science degree program at Royal Roads University and previously completed an Environmental Technology diploma program at SAIT in Calgary.