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Near Metchosin
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Tribe catches coho salmon on free-flowing Elwha River, a first since dam removalsElwha River, Washington, United States 10 Oct 2023 
The Seattle Times
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Drought in the Saanich PeninsulaNorth Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 14 May 2023 |
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Fish arriving in revitalized stream in View Royal, B.C.View Royal, British Columbia, Canada 16 Feb 2023
Vancouver Island
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Record-breaking numbers of whales were spotted off Victoria’s coast in 2022Salish Sea 11 Jan 2023
Victoria Buzz
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Photographer finds massive octopus dead on Vancouver Island shoreCherry Point, British Columbia, Canada 10 May 2022
Victoria Times Colonist
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Discovery of fly larvae positive sign for salmonBowker Creek, Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada 28 Oct 2021
CTV News, Vancouver Island
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Chinook salmon returning in surprising numbers to Cowichan RiverCowichan River 29 Sep 2021
CHEK
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'Unprecedented' absence of southern resident killer whales from Salish SeaSalish Sea 21 Jul 2021
Vancouver Island
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Intertidal life after significant heat waveMalahat Drive 29 Jun 2021 |
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Pine Siskin Salmonellosis OutbreakNorth Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 31 Jan 2021 |
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An Increase of Hail in Victoria, British ColumbiaOak Bay, British Columbia, Canada 1 Jan 2021 |
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Rare King-of-the-salmon fish found on Vancouver IslandSooke, British Columbia, Canada 30 Sep 2020
CTV News - Vancouver Island
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Rare fish washes ashore at Whiffen SpitSooke, British Columbia, Canada 22 Sep 2020
Times Colonist
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Multiple bear sightings in Saanich, near UVicOak Bay, British Columbia, Canada 5 Jun 2020
Victoria Buzz
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Black bears on the move: more heading southSaanich, British Columbia, Canada 4 Jun 2020
CHEK
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Humpback whales numbers swell in the Strait of Juan de FucaClallam Bay, Washington, United States 3 Jun 2020 |
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Invasive Himalayan Blackberry Out-competing Native BushesVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 2 Jun 2020 |
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Caught on cam: Tornado touches down on Vancouver IslandVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 21 May 2020
ctvnews
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Invasive Common Wall Lizard Continues to Spread, SaanichVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 1 May 2020 |
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Pollen in Abundance: A Stress Crop?Langford, British Columbia, Canada 14 Apr 2020 |
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Urban Deer PlayingVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 31 Mar 2020 |
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Rare flock of birds spotted in Oak BayOak Bay, British Columbia, Canada 29 Nov 2019
Victoria News
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Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata) Sighting, Rare on Vancouver IslandUniversity of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 1 Nov 2019
Twitter
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Rare bird sighting brings crowds of birding enthusiasts to Vancouver IslandPanama Flats, Victoria, BC, Canada 19 Oct 2019
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Schools of California Anchovy (Engraulis mordax)Ross Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 6 Oct 2019 |
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Poisonous porcupine fish arrives on Island shores — a B.C. firstJordan River, B.C. Canada 5 Oct 2019
Times Colonist
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Brown Pelican (Pelecanus occidentalis) at St Margerats BaySt. Margerats Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 5 Sep 2019 |
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Dead grey whale towed to Institute of Ocean Sciences in Sidney for necropsySidney Channel, British Columbia, Canada 5 Apr 2019
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Intrusion of Beach Stones and Saltwater into the Coastal ForestFrench Beach Provincial Park 24 Mar 2019 |
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Eagle preys on duck on Saanich PeninsulaNorth Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 26 Feb 2019
Victoria News
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72 dead baby sharks removed from dead pregnant shark during necropsy at Coles BayColes Bay, Saanich, BC 7 Feb 2019 |
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Pregnant shark washes up on Vancouver Island shorelineNorth Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 6 Feb 2019
Vancouver Island
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Pregnant Bluntnose Sixgill Shark (Hexanchus griseus) in Coles BayCole Bay, British Columbia, Canada 5 Feb 2019 |
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Hundreds of sea lions take over docks of Cowichan BayDuncan, British Columbia, Canada 14 Nov 2018
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Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) die-off French BeachNorth Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 1 Nov 2018 |
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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris) living near Race RocksRace Rocks Ecological Reserve, British Columbia, Canada 26 Oct 2018 |
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'A really, really significant sighting': Vancouver Island birdwatchers aflutter over unusual arrivalVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 18 Oct 2018
CBC
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Another Southern Resident killer whale is losing body condition, and researchers are concerned about the pregnant femalesSalish Sea 25 Sep 2018
Candace Calloway Whiting
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Rare sighting of lone Brown Pelican in Oak Bay watersOak Bay, British Columbia, Canada 5 Sep 2018
Victoria News
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Red Cedar (Thuja plicata) mortality from drought stressVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 3 Sep 2018 |
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Warning issued after toxic death cap mushrooms found in Greater VictoriaCedar Hill Golf Course, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 17 Jul 2018
Times Colonist
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Unseasonably early daffodils prompt wish for cold weather on B.C. farmNorth Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 9 Feb 2018
Lake Cowichan Gazette
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Endangered Orcas Are Starving. Should We Start Feeding Them?Puget Sound, Washington, United States 24 Jan 2018
NW News Network
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Victoria breaks rainfall record for NovemberVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 2 Dec 2017
Lake Cowichan Gazette
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Wednesday's warm weather record-breaking in DuncanDuncan, British Columbia, Canada 24 Nov 2017
Cowichan Valley Citizen
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King-of-the-salmon (Trachipterus altivelis) stranded on beachVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 26 Sep 2017 |
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'Very rare' King-of-the-Salmon fish found on Vancouver Island beachOak Bay, British Columbia, Canada 24 Sep 2017
CBC News
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Rare "king-of-the-salmon" washes up on Oak Bay beachVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 21 Sep 2017
Surrey Now-Leader
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Dry Koksilah River threatens fish in Cowichan ValleyKoksiloh River, British Columbia, Canada 5 Sep 2017
Lake Cowichan Gazette
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Increase in Common Raven (Corvus corax) abundanceVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 22 Aug 2017 |
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Warning about Death Cap mushrooms in Victoria and VancouverVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 22 Jul 2017
NEWS 1130
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Death cap mushrooms popping up early in UplandsRipon Road, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 18 Jul 2017
Times Colonist
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Death cap mushrooms beginning to return to VictoriaVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 17 Jul 2017
CBC News
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Potentially fatal death cap mushrooms spotted in Victoria neighbourhoodVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 17 Jul 2017
Vancouver Island
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Fewer European Earwigs (Forficula auricularia) in Victoria, BCVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 4 Jun 2017 |
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Leaping lizards! Victoria under invasionVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 27 May 2017
Times Colonist
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Victoria Day heat a 10-year Duncan highDuncan, British Columbia, Canada 25 May 2017
Lake Cowichan Gazette
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Another Puget Sound orca dies — 5th in a yearPuget Sound, Washington, United States 22 Dec 2016
Seattle Times
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December Blossoms of Japanese Flowering Cherry (Prunus subhirtella)Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 3 Dec 2016 |
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Sand lance (Ammodytes personatus) schoolIsland View Beach 1 Dec 2016 |
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Juvenile Sand lance (Ammodytes personatus) intertidal burrowingVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 3 Nov 2016 |
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Garry Oak (Quercus garryana) Leaves and Flowers Opening in NovemberMount Tolmie, Saanich, BC, Canada 1 Nov 2016 |
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Juvenile Pacific Herring ball (Clupea pallasii)Henderson Point, North Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 10 Oct 2016 |
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Mixed schools of Sandlance (Ammodytes personatus) and Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)Victoria, British Columbia, Canada 2 Oct 2016 |
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Surf smelt (Hypomesus prestiosus) school15m north of the Island View Beach boat ramp 28 Sep 2016 |
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Shift of Diverse Subtidal Community to Sea Cucumber (Holothuroidea) BarrensOak Bay, British Columbia, Canada 6 Aug 2016 |
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Dolphins in Salish Sea signal warming worries14 Jun 2016
Times Colonist
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Stage 3 Water Restrictions in Shawnigan Lake, BCShawnigan Lake, BC 20 Apr 2016 |
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Victoria Harbour 2: Contaminants in Sediment and MusselsVictoria, British Columbia, Canada 28 Jan 2015 |
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Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris) Sighted at Possession Point, Southern Vancouver IslanSooke, British Columbia, Canada 1 Sep 2014 |
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Rare and friendly sea otter spotted in waters off SaanichTen Mile Point, British Columbia, Canada 14 Aug 2014
Times Colonist
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B.C.'s Cowichan River in danger of drying upDuncan, British Columbia, Canada 2 Oct 2012
CBC News
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Bird experts aflutter over drop in rufous hummingbird numbersCentral Saanich, British Columbia, Canada 16 Aug 2012
Times Colonist
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Brown Booby (Sula leucogaster) off Southern Vancouver Island, CanadaSooke, British Columbia, Canada 29 Aug 2009 |
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Brown Pelicans In BC WatersDiscovery Island, Oak Bay, British Columbia, Canada 14 May 2009
Vancouver Sun
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First Elephant Seal Born at Race RocksRace Rocks Ecological Reserve, British Columbia, Canada 31 Jan 2009
Race Rocks Ecological Reserve- Marine mammals, seabirds
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Observations From Members