Maintaining the Bowker Creeka area won't and hasn't been easy, but it is possible and essential that it happens. We, as a school and a community need to take action and keep this creek as healthy as possible, and I'm sure we will. This creek is a prime example of how powerful of a force a good and motivated school can be. Thanks for watching.

The final way to maintain the creek is to create a strong relationship between the school and the creek, because believe it or not, if the students have a connection with the creek, they will take good care of it and teach others to. 

We can also maintain our creek's ecosystem by picking up garbage (or not throwing in there in the first place).

In the 60's and 70's the philosophy was water management, (storm drains all lead to the creek to reduce flooding) and the philosophy now is to have something with ecological and educational value to the school and community.

The restored Bowker Creek area is an asset to Oak Bay High school, in that it includes a beautiful outdoor classroom and easily accessible ecosystem to study.

Native plants provides habitat, food and survival needs to humans, animals, and plants. They use less resources, and store bigger amounts of carbon therefore creating better air quality. Native aquatic plants protect aquatic wildlife, and come as a source of food. They also drive invasive species away.salal

There are 3000 species of native plants in BC. Compared to that, there are only 175 recorded invasive plants in the province. However, having a low number of species doesn't mean there are low numbers of plants. Invasive species have an overwhelming amount of each species, which is why there are so many of them.dandilion

Many Parts of Bowker Creek’s water quality are preferable to salmon, such as temperature, pH and dissolved oxygen. It’s nitrogen and phosphate levels should be lowered, but the problem comes with ammonia - a toxic substance bowker creek has too much of. Here is a document detailing the preferred water quality levels for coho salmon.