Since 2004, ELSI volunteers have conducted fish monitoring in a number of the creeks that flow into Esquimalt Lagoon. The goal is to determine the types of fish that use the creeks and to assess the restoration potential for the creeks. At the end of 2007, ELSI produced a
report summarizing data collected from 2004 through to 2007. The fish monitoring confirmed that there are resident populations of cutthroat trout throughout Bee Creek and in the lower reaches of Colwood Creek. Coho salmon fry were found regularly in Colwood Creek.