The Streamkeepers Course is a fun and educational 2½ day introduction to stream stewardship. It offers participants an opportunity for hands-on learning and practice of stream stewardship activities such as stream surveying, conducting water quality testing, and stream invertebrate identification.  No experience is necessary, just a willingness to get your hands wet! articipants need a reasonable level of fitness (walking on trails and in-creek) for participation. Upon successful completion of training a certificate is awarded to each participant.

The Pacific Streamkeepers Federation, Capilano College and the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans certify our Streamkeepers instructors.

We work with other organisations to offer the course regularly. We will post information on the next upcoming course on this page. To recevie a notification when the next course date is set please email info@projectwatershed.ca.

For more information please check out Pacific Streamkeepers Handbook.

Wetlandkeepers is a 2½ day introduction to wetland stewardship.  The course offers individuals an opportunity for hands-on practice of wetland conservation skills, such as conducting wetland, plant and bird surveys, wetland mapping and raising public awareness.  Participants that successfully complete the course are awarded a Wetlandkeepers Certificate from the BC Wildlife Federation.

We work with other organisations to offer the course regularly. We will post information on the next upcoming course on this page. To recevie a notification when the next course date is set please email info@projectwatershed.ca at gmail.com.

The cost of the course varies depending on the funders available. Members of Project Watershed receive a discount. To become a member visit Membership.

We provide training for groups on methods to survey for beach spawning forage fish eggs and eDNA. To date we have trained Fisheries and Oceans Canada staff, First Nations’ groups and citizen scientists from across Vancouver Island and onto the mainland. 

For more information or to organise training for your group, please contact Virginia East.

Forage Fish information

Project Watershed often offers a course on Watersheds and Estuaries through Elder College. We will post a notice of upcoming courses here as well as to our main website and social media platforms.