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Learn how and why the Coastal Act was created! Learn all about the California Coastal Act 50th Anniversary. Watch the oral history trailer < 7 minutes. Watch the full documentary ~ 90 minutes

Now accepting entries for the 2027 contest! Cómo participar, en Español Ready to participate? Here’s what to do: Read the Contest Guidelines Create your art or poetry Learn How to Enter the contest Submit your work online by January 28, 2027 at 5:00pm, or submit by mail (see #6 in Read more

beautifulPB has received a $25,000 grant from the San Diego Foundation to create a wayfinding mural and new PB Pathways signage at the entrance to the Rose Creek bike path and the Mike Gotch Bridge in Mission Bay Park. The Coastal Gateway project combines art and wayfinding; think of it Read more

Check out this great introduction to the problems to Stormwater Runoff by the Clean Water Education Partnership. Only three minutes long, it’s full of tips and tricks. Soak it up, slow it down, spread it out!

Rose Creek is a wetland Find both a fresh water creek wetland as well as a salt marsh wetland in Pacific Beach. Wetlands are everywhere and provide critical ecosystem services

Homegrown National Park (HNP) is a movement to increase biodiversity, one small patch of land at a time. The Friends of Rose Creek is taking action at the Rose Creek Native Plant Garden.  Doug Tallamay, co-founder of HNP, has a series of videos on why this movement matters. Learn how Read more

San Diego showcases our biodiversity Here’s a quick summary of the San Diego County results: Species: 2,701 Observations: 31,614 Observers: 1,303 Identifiers: 1,285 Our most observed species was California buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum) and 72% of our observations reached research grade! Want to see some of the observations?  Visit iNaturalist. California Read more

Mission Bay High School in Pacific Beach is adjacent to the Rose Creek Salt Marsh. Voice of San Diego recently wrote a story featuring the high school as well as biology teacher Echo Jacoway. Ms Jacoway takes her students out to Rose Creek to perform water quality testing and salt Read more

Documentary film on Famosa Slough This short documentary on Famosa Slough tells it all: An ancient bay, a town dump, a thriving habitat: Famosa Slough is a small, yet vital piece of San Diego’s wetland ecosystem. Rising with the Tides explores the slough, the community that maintains it, and the Read more