San Diego Audubon is currently searching for a Director of Conservation. If you or anyone you know is interested, please pass along this information. San Diego Audubon Society (SDAS) is a non-profit organization working to promote the protection and appreciation of birds, other wildlife, and their habitats in and around Read more
Join the Friends of Rose Creek and I Love A Clean San Diego as we pickup trash along, in, and around Rose Creek in Pacific Beach on Saturday, September 15th from 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM. Find us at the east parking lot of Mission Bay High School (2475 Grand Read more
From the Friends of the Kumeyaay website: Approximately 1,000 years ago, a Native American people called the Kumeyaay lived throughout what is now San Diego County and Baja California. During that time, the Pauwai Valley was occupied by hundreds of Kumeyaay-Ipai living off the land. The Ipai were a linguistic Read more
Hi all, The City of San Diego is preparing a draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Report (PEIR) for the De Anza project as well as the portion of Rose Creek downstream of Grand Avenue and the area between Rose Creek and Kendall/Frost Marsh and the Northern Wildlife Preserve. For the full Read more
How Does Plastic Pollution Affect Marine Life and How Can We Reduce It? When you gaze out onto the ocean, your mind probably thinks of the glorious marine life, the vast depths, and wonder of coral reefs and dolphins. Something you might not think of though is the huge amounts Read more
Thanks to the Pacific Beach and Clairemont Planning Groups, the comment period on the Balboa Avenue Station Area Specific Plan has been extended to Tuesday, June 12. If you didn’t comment already, please do so now. Here are some suggested comments if you are looking for ideas and don’t want Read more
In April, the Friends of Rose Creek participated in City Nature Challenge 2018: San Diego. San Diego came in third in number of species and and number of observations and second in number of people participating. Great job everyone! Check out this great map of observations made by one volunteer Read more
See things at the creek you don’t like? Put the Get it Done! App on your phone and use it. Let’s hold the City’s feet to the fire. Besides reporting problems with trash, illegal activity, and impassible bike paths, the app creates statistics. Let’s show the City how many problems Read more
The results are in. San Diego County came in first place for the total increase in the number of volunteers from last year. The city that added the most new iNaturalist participants to their region through the City Nature Challenge: San Diego, California with 733 new observers added during the Read more
As a reminder, because Rose Creek flows through the traditional lands of the Kumeyaay, every month we spotlight we spotlight an aspect of Kumeyaay culture, history, news, arts, etc. This month, take the time to read this excellent article Borders and Baskets: How the Creation of Borders Changed Kumeyaay Life Read more