On July 31st, a reporter with the Beach and Bay Press joined the guided bird walk and wrote about it for the paper. A small group of bird watchers on a guided tour of Rose Creek on July 31 didn’t know they were in for a real treat: an osprey Read more…
Karin Zirk, our Executive Director, is going abroad for a year to study. This leaves the Native Plant Garden without a coordinator, no Site Captain for I Love A Clean San Diego’s Coastal Cleanup Day on September 17, 2022. or Creek to Bay Cleanup in April 2023. We are funding Read more…
The Native Plant Garden at Rose Creek in Pacific Beach was started in the mid-1990s by The Nature School. Since 2004 the Friends of Rose Creek have managed and expanded the garden. We are seeking a new “coordinator” to: water newly planted native plants as needed trim and remove non-native Read more…
We had a great turnout for our water quality testing training with Rachele from San Diego Coastkeeper. If you are interested in participating in an upcoming testing event, please email us and we’ll get you plugged in.
While it’s no secret that the Friends of Rose Creek supports the ReWild Mission Bay “Wildest” alternative to restore a mere portion of the historic wetlands at the mouth of Rose Creek, the City of San Diego is also proposing it’s own plan called De Anza Natural. The Friends Read more…
On December 4th at the early hour of 7:30 a.m., we convened at the lower Rose Creek Salt Marsh with our partners San Diego Audubon / ReWild Mission Bay, and special guest State of California Assemblymember Chris Ward (78th district), Randy Wilde from Mayor Todd Gloria’s office, Jordan Bean from Read more…
Great opportunity to: Learn the skill set of water sampling in urban creeks anywhere – at no charge. Learn about water-testing for pollutants in Rose Creek, the major urban stream that feeds fresh water into Mission Bay. Provide data to ReWild Mission Bay (ReWildMissionBay.org) /San Diego Audubon and Read more…
Adopt a ten, twenty or fifty foot stretch of Rose Creek. Restore native habitat for birds, bees, and more. You can restore as much or as little as you wish. The work you do today will reap rewards for decades. Contact us to learn more.
Thanks to a partnership with Christ Lutheran Church, The Friends of Rose Creek are eligible for a 50% match on donations made to our fiscal sponsor for our use. This means, your $50 donation becomes $75 dollars and your $20 donation becomes $30. All funds are used for maintenance of Read more…