We did it! The California Coastal Commission approved the DeAnza Natural Plan Amendment with staff recommendations. Great work everyone. This item will be on our September meeting agenda and we will provide more details. Read all about it on MSN’s repost of the San Diego Union Tribune article “After years Read more
Over 75 volunteers picked up over 2,000 pounds (1 ton) of trash in and along Rose Creek on Saturday, April 25th. A huge thank you to each and everyone of you and a special shout out to our great partners who made this event a huge success: I Love A Read more
A huge shout out to City of San Diego Council President Joe LaCava and his team for championing increased visibility for Rose Creek by funding and implementing Rose Creek signs on the four bridges over Rose Creek in Pacific Beach. On Thursday, April 23rd, the Council President unveiled the eight Read more
Thank you Community Scientists A huge shout out to everyone who joined us at our event or who went out on their own to document species along Rose Creek. We will announce our 2026 event as it get closer to September. In the meantime, get out and document species where Read more
Watch this segment with the Friends of Rose Creek Executive Director, Dr. Karin Zirk, and San Diego Bird Alliance Conservation Advocacy Coordinator, Savannah Stallings on KPBS New Year’s Eve, Evening Edition talking about King Tides, wetlands and how they support wildlife and the human built environment.
A huge thank you to the 40 volunteers who pulled 1,250 pounds of trash out of Rose Creek for Coastal Cleanup Day 2025. A shout out to our event partners We Clean Trails and I Love A Clean San Diego. It was a wonderful collaboration. From a Winnie the Pooh Read more
In 2016, the San Francisco Estuary Institute prepared a historical ecology of lower Rose Creek’s salt marshes, mudflats and relationship to what we now call Mission Bay. Find the report on the ReWild Mission Bay website. Explore images showing what once was and other exciting information in the report.
CEQA Gutted! For those who do not know, for 50 years, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), required most development projects to complete an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to identify impacts to our communities and the natural world around us. It also required community outreach so that your voice is Read more
ReWilding Mission Bay The Friends of Rose Creek are proud members of the ReWild Mission Bay Coalition as we continue to advocate for advancing wetland restoration in the northeast corner of Mission Bay, focusing now on funding sources and getting the city to act on De Anza Natural and Fiesta Read more
Creek to Bay Cleanup Volunteers Get the Trash Out Over 120 volunteers joined the Friends of Rose Creek, We Clean Trails, the Mission Bay High School Eco Club and I Love A Clean San Diego on Saturday morning, April 26 as part of I Love A Clean San Diego’s County Read more