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Check out NOAA’s great video on the benefits of estuaries, like the Rose Creek Salt Marsh in Pacific Beach. https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/nerrs.mp4

A natural wonderland of plants, animals, and (of course) water, wetlands are considered the most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. Frequently disregarded as a waste of land, there is much more to wetlands than what meets the eye. In this video, we’ll learn what wetlands are, what organisms live there, Read more

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 big THANK YOU to the teachers and parents who encouraged Read more

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 flow that can lead to flooding? Did you know that Read more

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 planet people are ReWilding!  Let’s ReWild Mission Bay!

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 Audubon Society and UC San Diego Natural Reserve System, which Read more

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 being here now with the wonders of California’s biodiversity. When Read more

CEQA stands for the California Environmental Quality Act originally passed in 1970. CEQA requires government agencies to consider the environmental consequences of their actions before approving plans and policies or committing to a course of action on a project. It also requires a public process where you the public, get Read more

Council President Pro Tem Joe LaCava meet with Professor Dick Norris of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography during the January King Tides. Listen in on the conversation.