What is CEQA?
Your Voice Matters Check out this great introduction to the California Environmental Quality Act AKA CEQA from our partners at CEQA Works.
Your Voice Matters Check out this great introduction to the California Environmental Quality Act AKA CEQA from our partners at CEQA Works.
For those who don’t know who Eloise Battle is, she was the grandmother of open space preservation in the City of San Diego. Tecolote Canyon’s existence as a nature preserve is thanks to her. She thwarted plans to build a four-land road through Tecolote Canyon along with 1,500 homes. In Read more…
Watch this great film from the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden In “Invaders of the Wild,” we take a closer look at the impact invasive plant species have on California’s delicate ecosystems. You’ll learn more about how they outcompete native plants, disrupt biodiversity, and contribute to the increasing frequency and intensity Read more…
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Thanks to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology for making this great video. Each winter, many birds of the Pacific Flyway make Rose Creek, Mission Bay, and surrounding areas their winter home. As you watch the film, look at the large salt marsh complexes. The Historic Rose Creek wetlands and Mission Read more…
On February 1st, the Friends of Rose Creek participated in Love Your Wetlands Day with a wide variety of other non-profits and individuals who care about wetlands near the mouth of Rose Creek. Reach the great Recap at UC San Diego Today, complete with photos of all the days amazing Read more…
When is World Wetlands Day? February 2nd which this year is a Sunday. What is World Wetlands Day? World Wetlands Day is celebrated each year on 2 February to raise awareness about wetlands. This day also marks the anniversary of the Convention on Wetlands, which was adopted as an international Read more…
Great question. Here is the amazing answer! Edith Abigail Purer was California’s First Woman Professional Ecologist of 1930s, an advocate for California State Parks, an author as well as a San Diego Resident and San Diego Teacher. The California natural ecosystems that Edith Purer studied (coastal sand dunes, vernal pools Read more…
A watershed is an area of land that drains into a body of water, such as a lake, river, bay, or stream. It includes the land area that drains into the waterway, as well as the waterway itself Enjoy this family friendly video on watersheds.
Learn all about the Coastal Sage Scrub community, which is the habitat on the banks of the Rose Creek Salt Marsh and Estuary in Pacific Beach.