Archived Media Articles
Gorge cleanup started small, but delivered big. Times Colonist, August 18, 2008.
Climate change poses big threat to infrastructure, engineers warn. Times Colonist, July 31, 2008.
Stormwater is major polluter. Times Colonist, July 28, 2008.
Green tech scrubs storm water. Victoria News July 14, 2008
Bowker Creek advocates celebrate four years. Times Colonist June 15, 2008
Bowker set to party. Saanich/Oak Bay News June 11, 2008
Bowker Creek Video Clip: Windows Media Player file (4 MB)
This two minute video piece, created by Camosun communications student Jennifer Lancaster, offers an overview of the watershed and the efforts to improve it.
Food outlets probed in sewage blockage. Times Colonist May 24, 2008
VIHA lifts Bowker advisory. Saanich News May 14, 2008
Ball of cooking grease blamed for sewer spill. Victoria News, April 30, 2008
Sewer-line breach results in waste in Bowker Creek. Times Colonist, April 26, 2008
CFAX radio interview March 27th, 2008. 38 minutes, 34 MB (MP3 file - commercial free)
Up the Creek. March 5th, 2008 article in the Oak Bay, Victoria and Saanich News
Learning a new skill. Oak Bay News, December 5th, 2007
Bowker Creek Memories. Victoria News/Oak Bay News, November 23, 2007
Community tea party connects neighbours to Bowker Creek. Times Colonist, November 14th, 2007
Camosun College Radio Piece November 2007 (6 MB, 7 minutes)
Bowker Creek study receives $50,000 boost from province. Times Colonist, August 18, 2007
Artists brush-up at a day in the park. Oak Bay News, August 8, 2007
Doc features Bowker Creek. Oak Bay News, August 8, 2007
Bringing Back Bowker. Oak Bay News. Friday, July 20, 2007
Creek Damage Finally Fixed. Oak Bay News, May 16, 2007
Green Water Rising. Monday Magazine. April 19 - 25, 2007
Bowker Creek greenspace. Saanich News, April 20, 2007
Creek Cleaners. Oak Bay News, April 12, 2006
Students help restore Bowker. Saanich News, November 30, 2005.
Town cautious about Bowker Creek co-ordinator. Oak Bay News, November 9, 2005.
Lost streams of Victoria. The Villager, Fall 2005.
Brown out for Bowker. Saanich News. June 29, 2005.
Do we get extra credit for this? Oak Bay News, May 18, 2005.
Up the creek: the Bowker. Oak Bay News, April 6, 2005.
Bowker Creek to receive interpretive signage. Oak Bay News, April 1, 2005.
Neighbours prepare for creek upgrade. Times Colonist, March 26, 2005.
Bowker Creek halts development. Saanich News, March 15, 2005
Designing future successes: An evolution of urban watershed management planning Contributed paper to the Society for Ecological Restoration Conference, Victoria BC, August 24-26 2004
Bowker Creek cleans up Saturday. Oak Bay News, April 28, 2004
A Creek Runs Through Them. Times Colonist. October 14, 2003.
Public is encouraged to peruse draft plan for Bowker Creek. Saanich News, October 16, 2002.
Bowker Creek: Think Globally. Victoria News, November 22, 2002.
Urban Creek revival studied. Times Colonist, 2002.