Rewild Coalition News Today

Over 70 environmental and conservation groups in the ReWild Coalition called upon the San Diego City Council to fund Mission Bay wetlands restoration in next year’s budget. The groups rallied on Sept. 20 outside City Hall to request that the City Council earmark $250,000. At the rally, Andrew Meyer, director of conservation at San Diego…

On Tuesday, August 29th, US Fish and Wildlife Service will release a batch of rusty-colored birds with long orange bills, called Ridgway’s Rail, at the UC San Diego Natural Reserve System’s Kendall-Frost Marsh. Ridgway’s Rail are federally- and state-endangered, primarily due to the loss of its coastal habitat. They live in saltmarsh wetland with lush…

Activists from ReWild Mission Bay have reached an agreement with recreation proponents on a key element of the redevelopment of northeast Mission Bay. It's called the "Rose Creek Buffer Zone" and stretches from the Mike Gotch Memorial Bridge over Rose Creek to Garnet Avenue. ReWild Mission Bay is a project of the San Diego Audubon…

The group that has been trying for years to enhance and restore wetlands in the northeast corner of Mission Bay, ReWild Mission Bay, has just released an equity statement on the history of the Kumeyaay in the Mission Bay region. We repost it below, followed by their press release. . ReWild Mission Bay is a…

A San Diego organization is calling on city leaders to help restore the wetlands in Mission Bay and the group says they have a tentative plan but to get started they will need funding.