membership

HSWS Membership Renewal Notice

Dear Hoy/Scott Watershed Society Members,

In 2023 we resolved to change our membership year to coincide with our active time and synchronize to our insurance cycle. 

Our updated bylaws state, "Memberships are valid from September 1st through August 31st. New members who apply and pay their membership fee after May 1st of a given year will hold valid membership through August 31st of the following year."

  1. If you joined us after May 1 of 2024, your membership is valid until August 31, 2025. No payment required until next year at this time. 

  2. If you joined us prior to May 1 of 2024, membership renewal is required. 
    Students are $5; Individuals $15; and Families $25

  3. Payments received now through Sept. 1 will cover you until August 31, 2025. 

  4. Please remit payment via our website PayPal system, HERE. Click this yellow Donate button on our website. 

Benefits of membership:

  1. You are covered under our insurance and therefore can perform volunteer work with us.

  2. You receive weekly updates from our hatchery manager about upcoming work and opportunities.

  3. You can vote at our meetings.

  4. You support our efforts!

Are you a NEW Member? Or, returning after some time?

If you would like to join us for the first time, it’s important that you complete our registration form and then submit your payment.

Have you let your membership lapse and wish to return? Great! Please complete the registration form and then submit your payment.

Questions about membership? Email us at hoyscottwatershed@gmail.com

Through stewardship, community outreach, education and advocacy, we are dedicated to protecting the
Hoy/Scott Watershed.

We're looking for Volunteers!

Get outdoors and get involved!

The Hoy/Scott Watershed Society is looking for volunteers to support our salmon hatchery and the salmon enhancement work that we do as stewards of Hoy and Scott Creeks.

Examples of how volunteers can get involved:

  • Adult salmon broodstock capture including fish trap and fish fence maintenance

  • Salmon rearing: egg to fry release.

  • Daily feeding or weekly maintenance

  • Invasive species pulls and habitat restoration

  • Talking to the public at open houses or community events

  • Conduct education sessions for school or community groups

  • Stream invertebrate survey

  • Monitor water quality

  • Storm drain marking of city streets that flow into creeks.

Whatever your skills or experience, each one of us uses our work with the Society to give back, learn and experience more.  We learn from each other.  We try to develop skills and experience by taking responsibility for activities and events and can be guided by others that have more experience.  In some cases, we can even launch a new program based on members wanting to drive the creation of a program.

Membership dues cover you under our insurance.

  • $5 for students (non-voting)

  • $15 for individuals

  • $25 for families

Fill out a membership form on our Support page.

Dues can be paid through PayPal on the same page using your credit or debit card.

Once you’ve been added to our insurance, you will be also added to our Hatchery Manager List, and  Tyler Storgaard will contact you with weekly notices about upcoming Saturday work sessions that run 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. 

Curious? Come by an Open House the first Saturday of each month from 10:30 a.m. – 12 noon to learn more.

We are here to answer any questions you may have. Feel free to email us at hoyscottwatershed@gmail.com


Laptop computer donated to Hoy-Scott Watershed Society

Photo: Robbin Whachell / HSWS

Photo: Robbin Whachell / HSWS

A big thank you to Hoy-Scott Watershed member, Lilian Elliott who donated her laptop computer to the Society. It will be used for public presentations.

Lilian and her husband Earl have been active members of the society since 2006.

Accepting the donation on behalf of the society is Kyle Uno, Treasurer.   The presentation was made at our monthly meeting at Coquitlam Library on March 15th, 2017.

Thank you Lilian!