Recognition

Doug Taylor
Founding Member of Qualicum Beach Streamkeepers Society

In 1995 when The Qualicum Beach Environment Committee organized a town meeting to listen to fisheries biologist Dave Clough, encourage the town people to form a Streamkeeper Group - Doug was the first to volunteer.

It promised Doug outdoor work, a new learning opportunity, and a chance to "give back" for all the fish he had caught before the Coho collapse in Georgia Strait.

Doug attended workshops and presentations about the needs of salmon, and in the years following he worked tirelessly, providing his truck, his tools, his expertise and leadership, his finance skills, his strong arms, and most of all his determination to make our streams available for spawning salmon once again.  He was not reticent about being the voice for wild salmon whenever he thought their needs were being compromised.

Faye Smith recalls Doug crawling out of a creek, covered in mud, all sweaty, and ready for a Kokanee.

Doug was on our Board of Directors and highly involved until February 12th, 2013, the day he died.  We have a lost a true champion of wild salmon and their stream habitat. We will miss him. His family has suggested making a donation to QBSS in memory of Doug.

Betty Drew-Brook
Founding Member of Qualicum Beach Streamkeepers Society

At a 15th Anniversary Celebration in September of 2010, we honored Betty and Bob Drew-Brook who are founding members of the society and have worked tirelessly over the years in support of healthy habitat for fish in our town.

We are saddened at the loss of Betty, who passed away on February 25, 2013 in Qualicum Beach.

She was with us from the beginning and was always in the thick of the fray.



She learned about assessing stream habitat, organized work parties, phoned people, made lists, kept our files in order, but most of all kept the volunteers happy and willing to stay until the job was done, with her famous chocolate cookies.

We are honoured that Betty's family has suggested making a donation to QBSS in her memory.

Faye Smith

In July of 2010 Faye Smith was the second annual recipient of the "Volunteer of the Year" award for the Town of Qualicum Beach. Faye was a founding member of the Qualicum Beach Streamkeepers Society in 1995.  She partnered with The Town of Qualicum Beach and other agencies/levels of government to fund the re-establishment of our urban streams (Beach and Grandon Creeks) for fish passage after 60 years of migration barriers. Faye was a leader in the removal of the Whisky Creek Dam which was impeding salmon from accessing prime natural habitat. She continues to play an active leadership and stewardship role in QBSS and beyond.









In May 2010, at a  Department of Fisheries and Oceans meeting with Stewardship groups from across the mid-island, Faye was recognized by our DFO Community Adviser for her "many years of dedication and  commitment to the salmonid resources of B.C."