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Beacon Hill Park
Park facilities include trails, petting animal farm, wading pool, water fountains, picnic areas, monuments, sport fields and playgrounds, and what was once the tallest totem pole in the world.
Beacon Hill Park
Comprehensive history of city's famous park, including much related city facts. Articles present current park issues, with text enlivened with original photographs.
Birding Victoria
News and information about birdwatching in Victoria and Southern Vancouver Island. Includes a migration calendar, guide to hot spots, and other topics.
Butchart Gardens
Fifty five acres of floral display, offering spectacular views, with meandering paths and expansive lawns.
Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society
A division of Environment Canada and located on the University of Victoria campus, conducting research on climate and sea-ice modelling as well as the carbon cycle.
Crystal Garden
An indoor botanical garden with over 65 species of endangered birds and mammals, hundreds of tropical plants, the world's smallest monkeys and dozens exotic butterflies.
Earth Future
The community website of a prominent Victoria author, Guy Dauncey, who has written about a world of ecovillages and self-organizing neighbourhoods with near-zero garbage, bicycles and climate-friendly cars.
Greater Victoria Cycling Coalition
A cycling and environmental advocacy organization in Victoria, that provides information on safe cycling and cycle touring on Vancouver Island and the Canadian Gulf Islands.
Greater Victoria Viewing Sites
Part of British Columbia Wildlife Watch: learn about all the best spots in Victoria to view wildlife.
Habitat Acquisition Trust Online
A non-profit local land trust whose principal purpose is to encourage and support habitat conservation on southern Vancouver Island and the southern Gulf Islands.
Islands Trust Fund
A Victoria group that uses voluntary conservation methods like land donations and conservation covenants to help preserve and protect rural character, and natural and cultural areas the in the Islands Trust Area.
Marine Ecology Station
Educational resources about marine ecology.
OceanLink
An interactive marine biology site for students, teachers and others. Extensive information on marine and coastal organisms, "ask a marine scientist", and a glossary of marine biology.
Pacific Undersea Gardens Underwater Aquarium
Go underwater the Victoria inner-harbor and see the wildlife, a live dive show and watch a movie at the underwater theater.
Peace, Earth and Justice News
Free email news service provides news, opinion and analysis of peace, environment and justice issues.
Physical Shore-Zone Mapping System
Documents the Physical Shoreline-Mapping System which is a scheme designed and developed in the early 1980's for mapping the physical character of the coastal zone of British Columbia.
Prince of Whales Whale Watching
The largest whale watching company in Victoria with easy access from Vancouver and Seattle.
Race Rocks Ecological Reserve
Society dedicated to the study of marine ecology in The Race Rocks Ecological Reserve Marine Protected Area off the coast of Victoria.
Raincoast Conservation Society
A non-profit organization, promoting research and public education, with the goal of ensuring the long-term survival of the Western British Columbia coastal rainforest ecosystems.
Sierra Club of British Columbia
An environmental non-profit organization registered in Victoria, Canada, dedicated to protecting British Columbia's wildland and wildlife, particularly the ancient temperate rainforest ecosystems.
Spectrum Education Enterprises
Victoria company providing consulting, writing and editing services on the topics of environmental sciences and lifestyle with expertise in atmospheric sciences and global change.
The Public Gardens of Royal Roads University
History of the gardens and plant collection database.
University of Victoria Climate Modelling Group
This group is involved in modelling and analysis of past, present and future climate primarily using their locally developed comprehensive Earth System Climate Model, known internationally as the "UVic coupled model".
Victoria Bug Zoo
Home to some of the worlds rare insects, arachnids and other creepy-crawlies.
Victoria Butterfly Gardens
Houses a great indoor collection of rare and beautiful butterflies.
Victoria Independent Media Center
VIC IMC is a non-commercial, democratic collective of Vancouver Island area independent media makers and media outlets, and serves as the local organizing unit of the global Indymedia network.
Victoria Natural History Society
Provides an opportunity for those interested in the natural world, to come together to share their ideas and experience on topics including botany and bird watching.
Victoria Transport Policy Institute
An independent research organization dedicated to developing innovative and practical solutions to transportation problems.
Western Canada Wilderness Committee - Victoria Cha
Group whose goal is the preservation of wilderness through southern Vancouver island including areas like Carmanah Valley, Walbran Valley, and Burgoyne Bay.