ReWild Mission Bay
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 […]
Our partner at the American Academy of Pediatrics (California Chapter 3), Dr. Vi Nguyen, was recently featured on KPBS to talk about an upcoming exhibit at The Studio Door in Hillcrest: #WeBorrowTheEarthFromOurChildren. It’s a youth art exhibit featuring K-12 art on climate change, supplemented by professional work. It has a preview night tomorrow, April 7 […]
Thank you to everyone that put in some time to comment on the City’s De Anza Natural plan in mid-February. The fact that the City has planned for wetland restoration in De Anza Cove—for the first time since it was carved out of Rose Creek’s wetland floodplain decades ago—shows that our research, outreach and hard […]
A huge thank you to everyone who stopped by Kendall-Frost Marsh Reserve on Saturday for our annual Love Your Wetlands Day celebration! This was our best-attended Love Your Wetlands Day ever, and shows the growing appreciation for how important our coastal wetlands are, and how much we need to prioritize their restoration. Hundreds of people […]
We asked for some help making the point that wetland restoration was what the City should be emphasizing and analyzing in their De Anza plan–and you all activated! We kept them listening for over 2 hours! The vast majority of spoken and written comments were in support of our work and our efforts and our […]
This upcoming Monday, January 24 from 4:00 – 5:30pm, the city is holding a scoping meeting via zoom to hear feedback from the public. Be sure to join the meeting and let the city know your thoughts! Zoom link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81149830815?pwd=SVZmOEUxSzFoc2dpV3VMTmZlYWVPdz09Meeting ID: 811 4983 0815 Passcode: 515128 Here are some comments the City needs to hear […]
The City of San Diego released an updated Notice Of Preparation for its ongoing De Anza Revitalization Planning process this morning. The information can be accessed at the City’s De Anza Cove Amendment website. This comes 14 months after the ReWild Coalition supported the City’s proposal at the Regional Water Quality Control Board to access […]
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 […]
These past two weeks have been a great reminder of how big the momentum to ReWild Mission Bay has grown! Urban Corps and St. Dunstan’s Church just joined our ReWild Coalition, bringing us well beyond 60-member organizations and businesses. A wonderful program at La Jolla High School and Riford Library gave local student Nicole Nunes […]
An article in the Voice of San Diego this week covers the proposed 2021 Climate Action Plan for San Diego, and how Mayor Todd Gloria intends to reach net zero emissions by 2035. Promises include transitioning buildings to run on electricity rather than gas. The article also mentions a new target of this plan: to […]
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