Resources
Organizations, maps and reading for Greater Victoria and the Salish Sea.
Maps and knowledge
- Greater Victoria open map: watersheds, creeks, parks, ecosystems and the sea, from open data.
- salish see: a living atlas of the Salish Sea, with the places, groups and ideas behind this work.
- Native Land: a resource to learn more about Indigenous territories, languages and lands. Territories overlap and the map does not show legal boundaries.
- r3.0 Knowledge Commons: the community of practice on bioregional knowledge commoning that this work is part of.
Local stewardship
- Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team: coordinates recovery of Garry oak and associated ecosystems and their species at risk.
- Habitat Acquisition Trust: a regional land trust conserving nature on south Vancouver Island and the southern Gulf Islands.
- Peninsula Streams Society: coordinates restoration and habitat projects throughout Greater Victoria.
- Friends of Bowker Creek Society: people and communities working together for urban watershed renewal.
- Swan Lake Christmas Hill Nature Sanctuary: a nature sanctuary and education centre in Saanich.
- CRD local stewardship groups: the Capital Regional District's list of watershed and shoreline groups.
- Raincoast Conservation Foundation: research and advocacy for coastal species and habitats, including the Salish Sea.
Regenerate Cascadia
- Regenerate Cascadia: the bioregional network this group belongs to.
- Greater Victoria group page: membership, stewards and donations.
- Cascadia events: calls and gatherings across the network.
- Newsletter: news from across Cascadia.