The Pacific Salmon Foundation has awarded $110,684 to community-led salmon restoration efforts in Greater Victoria.
Among the recipients, the Peninsula Streams Society received $22,500 to expand its Rain Gardens for Headwaters program with two new demonstration sites. The installations aim to filter urban runoff, reduce pollutants entering local waterways, and engage more than 150 participants.
“Rain gardens are designed to intercept that hot, fast, toxic water and filter it before it reaches our creeks and waterways,” said Kyle Armstrong, executive director of Peninsula Streams Society.
The gardens also help cool runoff, reduce flooding, and provide habitat for other species.
Other recipients include the Gorge Waterway Action Society, which is continuing its monitoring of Craigflower Creek, and the Freshwater Fisheries Society of B.C., which is hosting Family Fishing Weekend from June 13 to 15.
The grants are part of a record $1.8 million distributed across B.C. and the Yukon this spring through the foundation’s Community Salmon Program, which has supported grassroots stewardship and education projects for over 30 years.
The funding is expected to unlock nearly $15 million in conservation value across the province.
