Did you know that the non-profit that puts on the annual Earth Fair in Balboa Park is in the Rose Creek Watershed? San Diego EarthWorks have been an integral part of the work being done by the Friends of Rose Creek since 2004 and before. San Diego EarthWorks got its Read more
Learn about the history of the Campo Kumeyaay Nation via the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. The lands that the Kumeyaay people have lived on for thousands of years are located in the southwestern corner of the U.S. and the northwest corner of Mexico.
We Clean Trails is a group started by Miss Earth USA 2021, Marissa Page Butler, to clean up trails in San Diego County. We Clean Trails comes out to Rose Creek regularly and tackle some of the worst trash issues they see anywhere in the county. Marissa wrote a children’s Read more
ReWild Mission Bay is project of San Diego Audubon and our ReWild Coalition partners like the Friends of Rose Creek to enhance and restore the natural wetlands at the mouth of Rose Creek of Mission Bay for cleaner water, greater climate resiliency, carbon sequestration, and improved access to our public Read more
A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve on Saturday, February 5th, 2022 for our annual Love Your Wetlands Day celebration!
The Native Plant Garden at Rose Creek in Pacific Beach was started in the mid-1990s by The Nature School. Since 2004 the Friends of Rose Creek have managed and expanded the garden. We are seeking a new “coordinator” to: water newly planted native plants as needed trim and remove non-native Read more
We had a great turnout for our water quality testing training with Rachele from San Diego Coastkeeper. If you are interested in participating in an upcoming testing event, please email us and we’ll get you plugged in.
Martha Rodriguez is a dedicated community leader, and she has now opened a new store in Old Town, called Kosay Kumeyaay Market. Kosay Kumeyaay Market has a traditional Kumeyaay house outside at the entrance and children can explore and learn. There are basketry, pottery, geography, language and culture demonstrations. They Read more
While it’s no secret that the Friends of Rose Creek supports the ReWild Mission Bay “Wildest” alternative to restore a mere portion of the historic wetlands at the mouth of Rose Creek, the City of San Diego is also proposing it’s own plan called De Anza Natural. The Friends Read more
Stanley Rodriguez, a lecturer in American Indian studies at Cal State San Marcos, has been appointed to the California Native American Heritage Commission by Gov. Gavin Newsom. Stanley Rodriguez, 63, of Santa Ysabel, has been appointed to the California Native American Heritage Commission. Rodriguez has been Director of the Kumeyaay Community College since 2018, Read more