ReWild Mission Bay
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Feb. 11, 2020 San Diego, Calif. – The San Diego Audubon Society is pleased to announce Travis Kemnitz has been hired as the organization’s new executive director, successfully concluding a lengthy, comprehensive recruitment process. Kemnitz takes over from long-time San Diego Audubon executive director Chris Redfern, who recently relocated with his family to […]
By David Stump Chair, San Diego Audubon Society Board of Directors When San Diego Audubon executive director Chris Redfern gave notice his family was moving to Boston, we were faced with the challenge of finding a replacement who could build on Chris’ 14-year legacy with the organization, and help us achieve the next level of […]
Thanks to everyone who stopped by Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve last Saturday, Feb. 1st, for the 15th annual Love Your Wetlands Day, presented by San Diego Audubon and the UC Natural Reserve System. Over 450 of our San Diego neighbors joined us at three locations around the marsh for a day of exploration, education, and conservation, including walks […]
We’re just a few hours away from the 2020 Love Your Wetlands Day, our annual celebration of Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve along Mission Bay, happening Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. If you haven’t already registered to attend, make plans now to join San Diego Audubon and the UC Natural Reserve System for our 15th […]
Great news as the “Wildest” wetland restoration proposal has been included in the 2021 San Diego City Council budget priorities report from the city’s independent budget analyst. Five councilmembers (Bry, D-1; Campbell, D-2; Ward, D-3; Moreno, D-8; Gómez, D-9) have requested additional funding to include the Wildest option as an alternative within the De Anza Revitalization […]
In no small measure, 2019 was a big year for the ReWild Mission Bay campaign. Over the last 12 months we’ve built some political acumen in spite of setbacks at City Hall, and we continue to add partners to one of the most impressive conservation coalitions in San Diego. In fact, during in the last six […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Dec. 10, 2019 San Diego, Calif. – The San Diego Audubon Society, with significant input from the ReWild Mission Bay Coalition, is pleased to announce five new community organizations have either joined our coalition, or submitted letters of support in our effort to restore native wetlands in northeast Mission Bay over the past month, […]
Over the last several years you may have heard your favorite non-profits refer to Giving Tuesday, often denoted with a hashtag as #GivingTuesday. A response, and a reaction, to the post-Thanksgiving consumer traditions of Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday is an international day of charitable giving at the beginning of the holiday season. […]
With the state’s recent bout of wildfires in October, you may have missed a pair of landmark studies released to the public around that same time, detailing a calamitous decline in bird populations and the increased threat of extinction to hundreds of birds due to our warming climate. One of the reports is from the Cornell Lab […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct. 9, 2019 San Diego, Calif. – The San Diego Audubon Society with significant input from the ReWild Mission Bay Coalition are pleased to announce an agreement with Campland and the City of San Diego that guarantees a pair of key components as part of Campland’s expanded leases in northeast Mission Bay: The new […]