Rose Creek
Creek to Bay Volunteers Get the Trash Out!
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 Read more
Rose Creek
Do you like to plan events?
Help the Friends of Rose Creek plan our 20 Year Anniversary Celebration! Yes, 2024 marks 20 years since the Friends of Rose Creek was formed to help Rose Creek. We have learned so much about coastal wetlands, native plants, birds, Read more
Kumeyaay Corner
Making Shawii
Miss Kumeyaay Nation Autumn Brown (2015-2016) demonstrates how to make shawii, or acorn mush.
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Youth Contest Winners
2024 Coastal Art & Poetry Contest Winners Ten winners and forty honorable mentions have been selected from this year’s entries. On the Coastal Commission’s website you’ll find beautiful, powerful, and playful art and poetry and personal statements from the artists. A Read more
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What do you know about Palms?
Did you know that palms are just really big grasses? Did you know that palms are not native to coastal San Diego? Did you know that some palms are invasive, spread from your yard into our waterways and restrict water Read more
Kumeyaay Corner
Kumeyaay Between the Tides
A story of cultural persistence that centers the past, present and future relationship Kumeyaay people have to the intertidal zone. We follow Dr. Stan Rodriguez, President of Kumeyaay Community College, as he teaches about traditional ecological knowledge and the cultural Read more
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Why ReWilding Matters
Check out the first half of this documentary on ReWilding wetlands in northern California on the homelands of the Yurok people. Watch the entire documentary to learn about ReWilding in the United Kingdom and Japan. Watch the documentary! Across the Read more
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Beach and Bay Press weighs in on Love Your Wetlands Day
The 19th annual Love Your Wetlands Day featuring bird watching, science talks, and Kumeyaay tule boat building was held on Feb. 3 at Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve in Crown Point. The annual event was co-hosted by the San Diego Read more
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Uniting for Wetlands: A LYWD Recap
Love Your Wetlands Day (LYWD) on Saturday, February 3rd was a beautiful and sunny San Diego winter day (in between storms). The Friends of Rose Creek were there talking to people about the importance of Rose Creek to Kendall-Frost and Read more
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Join the Habitat Revolution
Thank you to our partners at the California Native Plant Society – San Diego Chapter for helping all of us learn how to garden with native plants. Gardening with native plants is a revolution in thought and action—a way of Read more