Learn about efforts to Reawakan native languages in California including those of the Kumeyaay tribes upon whose traditional lands Rose Creek flows. “Now there’s hardly a Chumash or Kumeyaay who don’t speak their language, at least to introduce themselves,” says Richard Bugbee (Luiseño), board member of the nonprofit Advocates Read more…
A perspective from the European Union’s MaCoBioS project. Climate change is upon us, and the urgency to act against it has never been so high. The ever-increasing emission of carbon dioxide over the past century must be reversed and has become a global priority. The sea level is rising, and Read more…
In years gone by, the City of San Diego dredged the area of Rose Creek downstream of Garnet Avenue and the area was an earthen bottom channel. Once that stopped, about 25 years ago, natural processes started to repopulate the area and create a salt marsh used by local and Read more…
University of California, San Diego alumna and Kumeyaay Native Eva Trujillo (Class of 2020) has become the university’s repatriation coordinator. The university has had a complicated relationship with local tribes. However, a new chapter is beginning. UC San Diego alumna and Kumeyaay Native Eva Trujillo Read more…
In this short cartoon, you will learn why salt marshes, like the ones at the south end of Rose Creek, are critical for human health and livelihood. If you are wondering why we need to restore a large swath of wetlands at the mouth of Rose Creek, watch this video. Read more…
What a great turnout for Coastal Cleanup at Rose Creek on Saturday, September 17th! Thank you for everyone who came out to support our amazing partners We Clean Trails and I Love A Clean San Diego for World Cleanup Day! Together they removed 791.22 lbs of litter from Rose Creek! Read more…
Who are the Native Americans behind one of the largest Casino Resorts in California? Find out in “Reserved Wealth”–an insiders look at the life and history of the Barona Indian Reservation, home to the Kumeyaay tribe. Filmmaker Kevin VanWanseele returns to his reservation and discovers how the enormous amount of Read more…
Check out Channel 10 News as they cover the ReWild Coalition’s request for wetlands restoration sooner rather than later. As an FYI, the Friends of Rose Creek are part of the ReWild Coalition. To watch the news piece, click here.
This video provides an introduction into how salt marshes came to exist with a focus on Delaware Bay. But the lessons are applicable to the Rose Creek and Kendall-Frost salt marsh.
Kumeyaay culture curated by Kumeyaay scholar, Michael Connolly Miskwish, and Mataam Naka Shin, the San Diego-Panama Exposition Centennial Intertribal Committee at the Museum of Us. This is the first time that Kumeyaay culture has been curated by the people themselves at the museum (formerly known as the Museum of Man). Read more…