Welcome to The Bowker Creek Initiative
The Bowker Creek Initiative is a collaboration between local governments, community groups, post-secondary institutions and private citizens, to improve the health of Bowker Creek and its watershed.
new Bowker Creek Blueprint Open House January 23
See the Media Release
The Bowker Creek Blueprint will be brought to an open house for your feedback, January 23. Location: Hillside Centre, from 10 am to 2 pm. The Blueprint contains a 100-year action plan to restore Bowker Creek and its watershed, and is the culmination of five years of effort by the Bowker Creek Initiative.
Download the whole Bowker Creek Blueprint (PDF 
) ( 6.5 MB)
Download the Table of Contents and Executive Summary only
Give us your feedback at the open house or by email 
Download the printable feedback form.
See below for a higher resolution version section by section
Bowker Creek Blueprint - Download by Section:
Cover
Report body Sections 1-3
Report Body Sections 4-5
Report Body Sections 6-9
Watershed Map - current conditions
Watershed Map - 100-year vision
100-year stream corridor vision diagram
100-year watershed management vision diagram
Appendices A&B - detailed recommendations for the watershed and creek channel
Appendix C - detailed creek restoration prescriptoins for above-ground sections
Appendices D&E - water quality and watershed health monitoring
The Bowker Creek Stewardship Pledge is now online. Take the pledge!
Read our 2008 Annual Report (PDF )
In 2008, we were awarded funding from the TD Friends of the Environment Foundation, to restore the creekside riparian area near Monteith Street in Oak Bay. As part of the site rehabilitation, this neglected property will become a community amenity with a limited number of garden plots. Your input and volunteer support is welcome, and needed! Implementation has been delayed, but in Spring 2010 we will need significant volunteer help to remove ivy and plant native plants. Funding support for this project is also provided by the District of Oak Bay and the Bowker Creek Initiative.
Read The Bowker Creek Homeowner's Guide (PDF ). This short newsletter gives tips for homeowners living in this or any urban watershed, describing practical ways to reduce pollution and runoff and improve biodiversity and creek health. Urban watersheds need everyone's help to become healthy, and each person can make a difference!
See the Flickr photo gallery for Bowker Creek (link) or add your own photo