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.
The Friends of Rose Creek has joined Instagram to share all our great photos of Rose Creek and the Rose Creek Salt Marsh. Follow us and like our photos.
After three world-class scientists broke down and wept as they told science writer Mary Ellen Hannibal about the alarming findings of their research on extinction, she knew she had to do something. Now the citizen scientist and Stanford Media Scholar is showing us how each of us can contribute to Read more…
A local birdwatcher has put together a list of birds that you can see or hear in the Pacific Beach portion of Rose Creek and/or the Rose Creek Salt Marsh and Estuary. We challenge you to spot as many of these birds as you can find. As an FYI, the Read more…
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In the summer of 2019, gardeners who did not understand the difference between native plants that go dormant in the summer time and high water usage flowers from distant lands, decimated the native plant garden originally planted by the Nature School in the mid-90s. The Friends of Rose Creek and Read more…
Here are photos from Rose Creek taken earlier today. Enjoy!
Check out these great photos taken by Jonathan Lavan, one of the participants on November’s 23 nature walk along Rose Creek. Quite an array of birds.