The San Diego Reader covered the Coastal Commission hearing on Friday, April 16 concerning the Balboa Avenue Station rezoning plan and the failure of the City to address the impacts to Rose Creek and the Rose Creek bike path by increasing residential users seven-fold and encouraging users traversing between Pacific Read more…
Rose Creek was part of Channel 8 News feature on I Love A Clean San Diego’s 19th Annual Creek to Bay Cleanup taking place on Saturday, April 24 — all day and everywhere. Sign up for #Creektobay2021 sponsored by #ILACSD
The salt marsh is part of the tidal influence zone that experience low and high tides exactly as we see at our local beach. The lower salt marsh at Rose Creek is the portion of the salt marsh that is inundated with salt water at high tides. As an FYI, Read more…
Open Your Camera and Start Seeking! Found a mushroom, flower, or bug, and not sure what it is? Open up the Seek camera to see if it knows! Drawing from millions of wildlife observations on iNaturalist, Seek shows you lists of commonly recorded insects, birds, plants, amphibians, and more in Read more…
City Council Hearing November 9, 2020 starting at 11:00 a.m. Item 600: Complete Communities: Play Everywhere – City of San Diego Parks Master Plan, General Plan Recreation Element Amendment, and Citywide Park Development Impact Fee. For all the documents, click on the Agenda item link above or click here for Read more…
On the morning of October 10, two experienced Rose Creek naturalists lead a walk along Rose Creek and spotted a cornucopia of different birds species and it was still early for the Snow Birds that come down from the north to winter in Rose Creek. Imagine what you may see Read more…
eBird is a popular place for birders to upload data. Check out all these bird sightings at Rose Creek. 132 species and counting.
Anyone can participate in the King Tides Project! All you need is a cell phone or digital camera and access to a tidally-influenced shoreline. The highest high tides come to California during the winter months when they combine with the winter storm season. The term “King Tide” describes an especially Read more…
The upper Rose Creek salt marsh in Pacific Beach has eucalyptus trees that are blocking the sun for a Coast Live Oak that need more light to thrive. We also have a number of Brazilian Pepper trees that are spreading and providing habitat for illegal activities. We are looking for Read more…
Science is not just for scientists. We need all of us to get involved and contribute. Watch the video on citizen science. While Caren Cooper promotes one platform, the Friends of Rose Creek uses iNaturalist. All you need is an app enabled device and you can be a Citizen Scientist.