As researchers, we have been looking into the economic value of the Mission Bay wetlands. Our project estimates what it would be worth to implement the ReWild Mission Bay Coalition’s “wildest” plan, which would create 227 acres of new wetland directly adjacent to Kendall-Frost Marsh at the northern shore of Read more
San Diego County is home to more Native American reservations than any other in the United States. Thirteen of the reservations belong to the Kumeyaay Nation that was split by force following the Mexican-American War that began in 1846 and ended two years later. Six of the reservations ended up Read more
Enjoy this great and short video from our friends at San Diego Audubon. As a reminder, the ReWild Mission Bay plan is to restore some of the historic Rose Creek wetlands that stretched from today’s current Kendall-Frost Marsh almost to Interstate 5. Interested in learning more about this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity Read more
In the spring of 2021 UCSD students in the Native California History Class of Professor Ross Frank created this beautiful guide for the Native Plant Garden at Barona Indian Charter School. We would like to thank Paige Love, Samantha Rome, Linnea Hilderbrand and Cera Reyes for their work in making Read more
Taking refuge from the coronavirus pandemic, wildlife filmmaker Martin Dohrn set out to record all the bees he could find in his tiny urban garden in Bristol, England, filming them with one-of-a-kind lenses he forged on his kitchen table. Learn more at PBS.org About
This video features Rick Halsey, founder of the California Chaparral Institute, and is about the California Chaparral biome, a wonderful, yet totally misunderstood biome found across the state.
Kumeyaay story “Our Life Under the Oaks” with English Subtitles Featuring Norma, Jon y Emilia Meza and Lupe Cota Directed by Michael Wilken-Robertson
The short answer is “into Rose Creek.” If you want to understand how water flows from the human built environment into Rose Creek, Mission Bay and eventually into the Pacific Ocean, check out this cool video.
Normally, we feature great videos on wetlands from an environmental perspective. Today’s short video is from the Oro Loma wastewater treatment plant pilot project on using Green Infrastructure (aka natural solutions) to solve human created problems and challenges.
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