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Audubon: Building Anew Along the Shores of San Diego County

Martha Harbison Senior Network Content Editor The coastline in southern California is getting friendlier for marsh birds thanks to the collaboration between local Audubon chapters, their coalition partners, and Audubon California. Together, they’ve begun restoring portions of Mission Bay and land adjacent to Buena Vista Lagoon to what the land and plant life looked like […]

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A Marsh Madness Playbook from our ReWild Coach, Andrew Meyer

Yesterday afternoon, over 40 ReWilders showed up with their game faces on and sat in council chambers for over 4 hours to make their voices heard for wetlands. Our ReWild Mission Bay Coach, and San Diego Audubon Society Director of Conservation, Andrew Meyer shared his comments with the Environmental Committee, wearing his ReWild blue sneakers […]

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Team Up with Joe LaCava for a Slam Dunk in Wetland Conservation: Marsh Madness Edition

Welcome back to Marsh Madness! If you’ve been following the team you know we’re nearing the fourth quarter of wetland restoration becoming a reality, but we can’t score a win without your help. The ReWild project has been working for almost 10 years to restore wetlands in the northeast corner of Mission Bay, to ensure […]

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Lets Advocate for Wetlands together!

Sometimes it can be tough to know where to begin or what to say when you’re becoming an advocate, or are unfamiliar with the specifics of a project. However, we want to show you that it can be as easy as filling in the blanks! We have created a draft email to send to your […]

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This Month Is Marsh Madness! 

Join us to improve the city’s plan March 14th As spring arrives, we need a full-court press to ReWild Mission Bay. After years of moving through committees and demanding Wildest wetlands in Mission Bay, we are moving closer to a restored wetland reality. Last month, the Environmental Committee put wetland restoration in Mission Bay into […]

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Love Your Wetlands Day highlights Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve

By: Dave Schwab The 19th annual Love Your Wetlands Day featuring bird watching, science talks, and Kumeyaay tule boat building was held on Feb. 3 at Kendall-Frost Mission Bay Marsh Reserve in Crown Point. The annual event was co-hosted by the San Diego Audubon Society and UC San Diego Natural Reserve System, which manages the […]

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February 15th Environmental Committee Meeting on the 2024 Work Plan

Hot off the presses! We’ve just received the February 15th Environmental Committee Agenda, which includes the 2024 Environmental Committee Work Plan. This plan outlines major priorities for the year, such as decarbonizing the built environment, ensuring resilient infrastructure, fostering clean communities, and advancing ambitious climate goals. Coincidentally, ReWild addresses all these priorities, and we are […]

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Uniting for Wetlands: A LYWD Recap

Under the clear, blue sky of a morning between storms, Love Your Wetlands Day brought together community members, public officials and environmental enthusiasts, old and young, to unite in a day of appreciation and care for the marsh. In its 19th year, this event opens the tiny slice of wetlands left in Mission Bay for […]

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Exploring Nature’s Force: A Recap of Wandering the King Tides Event

On Friday, January 12th, Kendall-Frost Marsh presented a unique spectacle, vastly different from most days of the year. The usual expanse of pickleweeds and cordgrass disappeared, and for a few dangerous hours, the 40 acre marsh had only 132 square feet of dry land for Ridgway’s rails to hide in. Over 50 attendees, alongside Audubon […]

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NBC7: Mission Bay wetlands plan to come before Planning Commission

By Joey Safchik for NBC7 San Diego The San Diego Planning Commission will hear about the updated proposal for De Anza Cove in Mission Bay on Thursday. The amended plan comes after years of debate over what to do with the land formerly occupied by a mobile home park. Environmental activists want to see much […]