Wetlands Restoration at the Mouth of Rose Creek

The City of San Diego has released the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for their vision of redevelopment for the mouth of Rose Creek called De Anza Natural. Please check out the City’s plans on their website.

The Friends of Rose Creek is 100% behind the ReWild Mission Bay Plan — a grass roots vision for restoring wetlands and upland habitats to insure that an additional 80 acres of wetlands remain by 2100. Historically Mission Bay had over 4,000 acres of wetlands that provided habitat for thousands of migratory birds, baby fish, sea mammals, and all the small critters that leave in the salt marsh.

Why is ReWild Better?

The De Anza Natural Plan is not optimal from our perspective because all the proposed wetlands are not situated along Rose Creek.

Why does that matter?

Salt Marshes require fresh water inflows, like those from Rose Creek, to survive. Fresh water sources deposit sedimentation on the salt marsh during the winter to help build it up. Fresh water also brings nutrients to feed the salt marsh. Unlike a forest where dead plant matter decompose and feed the trees, salt marshes rely on nutrients from other sources to feed the plants that grow in the salt marsh. These nutrients come from fresh water sources like Rose Creek. Situating salt marsh where it is convenient rather than where the natural processes will feed the salt marsh, will result in a dying salt marsh.

Historic Rose Creek Wetlands

Learn more about the Historic Rose Creek Wetlands.