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
The Friends of Rose Creek are partners in the efforts to ReWild Mission Bay. This project would restore a portion of the historic wetlands at the mouth of Rose Creek, where it enters Mission Bay. Check out this interview on KPBS regarding the plans moving ahead.
On July 31st, a reporter with the Beach and Bay Press joined the guided bird walk and wrote about it for the paper. A small group of bird watchers on a guided tour of Rose Creek on July 31 didn’t know they were in for a real treat: an osprey Read more
The Environmental Center of San Diego (ECO San Diego) envisions a community working together to protect and enhance San Diego’s natural environment through education, advocacy and direct action, and to ensure access to the coast where feasible. We Have the Power to Impact Our Future, and We’re Doing Something Read more
Check out this great talk by Dr. Rodriguez on the history of the region from a Kumeyaay perspective.
Karin Zirk, our Executive Director, is going abroad for a year to study. This leaves the Native Plant Garden without a coordinator, no Site Captain for I Love A Clean San Diego’s Coastal Cleanup Day on September 17, 2022. or Creek to Bay Cleanup in April 2023. We are funding Read more
THE FUTURE OF CONSERVATION We are pleased to announce the availability of tickets for the Sixth Annual San Diego Environmental Leadership Summit. After two years of virtual events, we are going live in 2022! The Summit will be an all-day conference for 125 leaders of environmental organizations in the San Diego Region on Saturday, September Read more