Join the “Find 30 Species for CA 30×30” Biodiversity Week Challenge! September 7 – 15, the California Natural Resources Agency is putting forth a challenge for California Biodiversity Week: can you find and document 30 species in California? Participating is easy! Download the iNaturalist app & make an account. Join Read more…
With prime native plant planting season coming up October through December, now is the time to get excited about creating a native plant garden. Mike Evans, one of the founders of Tree of Life Nursery and beloved native plant horticulturist, will be presenting his infamous ‘Create and Care’ workshop. Planning Read more…
Check out NOAA’s great video on the benefits of estuaries, like the Rose Creek Salt Marsh in Pacific Beach. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/nerrs.mp4
The partnership, signed this month, will grant guaranteed transfer eligibility to Kumeyaay Community College students interested in completing four-year degrees at SDSU. Read more here.
Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians The Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians, one of the remaining 12 bands of the Kumeyaay Indian Nation, resides on a 1,600-acre reservation in the Viejas Valley, east of the community of Alpine in San Diego County, California. The Viejas Band is recognized as a sovereign Read more…
Kumeyaay History in Southern California & the Struggle to Protect Sacred Indian Burial Sites with Professor Ross Frank.
A natural wonderland of plants, animals, and (of course) water, wetlands are considered the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. Frequently disregarded as a waste of land, there is much more to wetlands than what meets the eye. In this video, we’ll learn what wetlands are, what organisms live there, Read more…
Many people have contacted us regarding the heavy equipment in Rose Creek by Mission Bay Drive in Pacific Beach. If you haven’t seen it, check out the videos at the bottom of this post. First, we request that you call or email Councilmember Joe LaCava ( 619-236-6611 or JoeLaCava at Read more…
Kumeyaay.com has a great article called “Big Things from San Diegos Indigenous Nations” on the movers and shakers in San Diego’s indigenous community featuring: Rincon tribal member Ruth-Ann Thorn in the art world plus her television travel show entitled This is Indian Country. Ethan Banegas and the San Diego History Read more…
Thank you to our 65 wonderful volunteers at today’s Rose Creek cleanup in partnership with I Love a Clean San Diego and We Clean Trails in honor of Earth Day. Together we were able to divert 1706.5lbs of litter from Rose Creek. Big thank you Read more…