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San Diego Union-Tribune Highlights Importance of Wetlands

ReWild Mission Bay—we need it for Climate Action! Today’s Union-Tribune has a great article on the habitat benefits that will come from the City’s commitment to 700 acres of restored tidal wetland in the most recent version of the City of San Diego’s Climate Action Plan. There are a lot of much needed strategies in […]

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City passes new Climate Action Plan

On Tuesday, August 2nd, the City Council met to review and adopt the City of San Diego’s Climate Action Plan. The City passed the new CAP with the commitment to restore 700 acres of tidal wetlands! Thank you to all ReWild supporters for writing and calling in about this Climate Action Plan, it’s thanks to […]

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ReWild Needs Your Help

Tomorrow, August 2nd, City Council will be meeting to review and adopt the City of San Diego’s Climate Action Plan Update. This special session of City Council will begin at 2 PM, and the Climate Action Plan Update is agenda item 330. You can find the full agenda here. There are a few ways to […]

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KPBS Interview Helps Outline the Coalition’s Goals and the Need for Restoration in Our Mission Bay Park

Check out this KPBS interview that aired this week on the removal of dilapidated mobile homes from De Anza Point, and the much needed marshland restoration to follow. The interview helps to outline our ReWild Coalition’s goals for a greater audience, and highlights our need for restoration in Mission Bay!

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City of San Diego Passes Proclamation Declaring Native Plant Week

Thank you to Councilmember Vivian Moreno, Councilmember Joe LaCava, and Mayor Todd Gloria for passing a Proclamation Declaring Native Plant Week in the city of San Diego! Native plants are good for birds and people. And, as the City themselves said, native plants help protect our water quality and increase “the resilience of our coastal […]

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King Tides

Our King Tides are all along our coast today! Spectrum News reported on our local King Tides, and the preview they offer of future sea level rise. Check out the tides and see with your own eyes what the new normal could be for birds and all of us by visiting your favorite coastline birding […]

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Orange Co. Oil Spill Highlights Critical Need for Restoration of Tidal Salt Marshes at Mission Bay

The news about the oil spill that began last Saturday, Oct. 2nd, in Orange County continues to be grim. So far it’s resulted in up to 144,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into the waters off Huntington Beach, making it the worst offshore oil spill in California in at least 30 years. One of our […]

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We Must Protect and Bring Back California’s Coastal ‘Blue Carbon’ Areas

California is famous for beaches and craggy shorelines that draw visitors from around the world and fuel local economies. The coastal wetlands, seagrass meadows and kelp forests that also dot our coastline are perhaps less famous but are equally vital to our state. These aquatic gardens provide food and shelter for fish and birds, improve water […]

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The Future is Now: King Tides and Climate Resiliency Webinar

Register now to join ReWild Mission Bay and San Diego Audubon for our next Love Your Wetlands Day webinar this Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 6:30 p.m. as we debut “The Future is Now,” a new video from the California King Tides Project on the impacts of king tides on the California coast over the last several years, […]

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San Diego Must Protect and Restore Vital Mission Bay Wetlands

By Anahí Méndez Earth has experienced numerous changes throughout its planetary history, and variations in our climate are not unusual. But according to NASA and other scientific organizations, the transformation our climate is currently undergoing, borne out by the severity of wildfires which continue to ravage our state, is occurring at an unprecedented rate. It […]