The San Francisco Estuary Institute just completed the historical reconnaissance study for Mission Bay and Tecolote Creek. This report outlines the landscape patterns and ecological conditions prior to Euro-American modification, and informs restoration potential for the area.
“Mission Bay and the Tecolote Creek Watershed are within the ancestral territory of the ‘Iipay and Tipai Kumeyaay communities, which spans present-day San Diego County and extends into Baja California (Viejas Band of Kumeyaay Indians 2014). Prior to Euro-American settlement and modification, these areas supported flourishing, productive ecosystems with a diversity of wildlife.”
Dive in to experience the descriptions of the area and it’s wildlife before it was modified, and envision what a restored Mission Bay could look like.
To read the report, describing the landscape patterns, including archives visited, collected and compiled data, future work and possible next steps.
For the presentation summarizing key findings, historical mapping and images, questions raised and future opportunities.
We would like to thank the San Francisco Estuary Institute and authors for their work on this report and collaboration: Helen Casendino, Ben Satzman and Sean Baumgarten. Additional thanks to our expert reviewers, Michael Connolly Miskwish, Branton Linton, Rebekah Loveless, and Kellie Uyeda who offered thoughtful expertise on the project’s analyses and continuing support of ReWild Mission Bay.
For further reading about the history of Mission Bay and it’s vast changes over time, check out the historical ecology report of northeast Mission Bay, done by SFEI in 2016
- Technical Report: Describes archives visited, summarizes collected and compiled data, identifies future work and possible next steps. Download here.
- Presentation: Summarizes data collection and compilation efforts, discusses key preliminary findings, outlines questions raised by the dataset, and potential future research. Download here.