Salt marshes are unique ecosystems where land meets sea, providing essential services like storm buffering and carbon storage. Most research has focused on how tides and rising sea levels affect these wetlands, but recent studies are shedding light on another important factor: freshwater inputs from rain and groundwater. A Read more
Entry Deadline: January 29, 2026, 5:00pm Details @ Coastal Art & Poetry Contest in English o Cómo participar, en Español Ready to participate? Here’s what to do: Read the Contest Guidelines Create your art or poetry Learn How to Enter the contest Submit your work online by January 29, 2026 at Read more
Preserving Kumeyaay language, awareness for missing and murdered Indigenous people on “A Way with Words” “Every November, we recognize Native American Heritage Month — honoring the history and contributions of Indigenous people in the United States. But for many leaders, honoring this history is a year-long commitment. That includes educating Read more
This amazing e-book is based on observations of the Tijuana Estuary and other local systems by Dr. Joy B. Zedler and is available from our friends at the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, which is one of 30 Reserves in the United States. They preserve, protect, and manage the Read more
What is CEQA? The California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) is an environmental and public health bill of rights for all Californians. CEQA is designed to ensure that people in every California community understand how land use decisions will impact their community’s future. The law requires that government agencies mitigate projects’ Read more
The Flute Player – Kumeyaay Story in ‘Iipay Aa, Mesa Grande Dialect This is a traditional Kumeyaay story told by Ted Couro in his native language ‘Iipay Aa or Kumeyaay, Mesa Grande dialect. It was recorded sometime between 1964 and 1975 by linguist Margaret Langdon, who also transcribed and translated Read more
The Friends of Rose Creek and many of our partners are under attack from the most recent presidential memorandum, signed on September 25th, entitled “Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political Violence.” Threats include loss of non-profit status, criminal investigation, and prosecution of what most people would call rights exercised under Read more
The Kumeyaay Cultural Revitalization and Healing Project explored and documented Kumeyaay Elders and their stories of how culture is used as a modality to combat substance abuse in San Diego tribal communities and can be utilized to enhance treatment outcomes as well as to reduce substance use and behaviors. This Read more
A huge thank you to the 40 volunteers who pulled 1,250 pounds of trash out of Rose Creek for Coastal Cleanup Day 2025. A shout out to our event partners We Clean Trails and I Love A Clean San Diego. It was a wonderful collaboration. From a Winnie the Pooh Read more
In 2016, the San Francisco Estuary Institute prepared a historical ecology of lower Rose Creek’s salt marshes, mudflats and relationship to what we now call Mission Bay. Find the report on the ReWild Mission Bay website. Explore images showing what once was and other exciting information in the report.