What we’re about
Our vision is for lower Rose Creek to be an open space park providing recreational and learning opportunities and a clean, healthy, aesthetically pleasing environment for residents, visitors, businesses, and native plants and animals, while serving as an accessible link for bicyclists and pedestrians to move between Rose Canyon Park, Marian Bear Park, Mission Bay Park, and surrounding communities. We invite everyone to help us make the dream a reality by habitat restoration, community cleanups, and nature walks. For more information, visit our website.
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Upcoming events
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King Tides Project at Rose Creek Salt Marsh and Estuary
Mike Gotch Bridge, 2600 N Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, CA, USJoin the Friends of Rose Creek and our partners at San Diego Bird Alliance as we document the King Tides in the Rose Creek Salt Marsh and Estuary adjacent to Mission Bay High and Barnard Elementary Schools.
Bring your app enabled device and we’ll help you get set up to be a community scientist helping to project what sea level rise in our community will look like.
Today’s tide is projected to be a 7’4″ tide which is high at or shortly after 8:20 AM.
Download the Survey123 App (in English or Spanish) ahead of time.
The full moon takes place at 2:02 AM on January 3rd so the full force of gravitational pull is in play.
Use your smart phone or digital camera to participate in the Project by taking and uploading photos of king tides through the King Tides Photo Upload form. Start by choosing where you’ll go to take your photos and then look at the tide map below to find out what time and how high your king tides will be. Take your photos as near to high tide time as you can. Your photos will be displayed on an interactive map. (If you’d like to share a video clip of king tides with us, please email kingtides@coastal.ca.gov for instructions.)
* LEARN HOW TO UPLOAD YOUR KING TIDES PHOTOS *
In addition to uploading your photos, you can also share them on social media using #kingtides. We’ll be liking and sharing your posts throughout the King Tides season.
For more information on how to participate, visit the King Tides Project.1 attendee
King Tides Antithesis Walk at Rose Creek
Mike Gotch Bridge, 2600 N Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, CA, USThe antithesis of the King Tides is the extreme low tide which takes place today at 3:38 PM Pacific time with a negative 1.8 – 2.1 foot tide.
Rose Creek and the Kendall-Frost Marsh are star-crossed lovers. Rose Creek is trying desperately to reconnect and its arc towards Kendall-Frost is most visible at the extreme low tide. Plus the shore birds will be out in force.
Join us as we walk to the mouth of Rose Creek to experience nature trying to heal herself!
We will be walking along an wheelchair accessible asphalt path from the Mike Gotch Bridge to the mouth of Rose Creek.
Why you ask?
A salt marsh relies on the fresh water, sedimentation, and nutrients, that the creek provides during storm events. Learn more at Freshwater Flows: A Critical Factor in Salt Marsh Health.
If you aren’t familiar with the driving influences of extreme tides, watch this great video that explains it all.3 attendees
Rose Creek Native Plant Garden Volunteer Work Event
2525 Garnet Ave, 2525 Garnet Avenue, San Diego, CA, USJoin the Friends of Rose Creek on the Second Saturday of every month from 9 a.m. until 11 a.m. while we work on The Nature School’s native plant interpretive garden behind Rose Creek Cottage.
Enjoy weeding, watering, removing invasive non-native plants and trash, and planting native species (fall and winter months) and get involved with your creek and your community. Easy one to two hours project – great for children of all ages.
Each month brings a new activity.
Please bring your own drinking water and snacks.
Unless there has been a lot of rain in the last week, please bring a few gallons of tap water in containers you will take home with you! We will use the water to help the newly planted natives survive until their roots are deep enough to survive on their own.
Perfect for community service credit hours. Please wear sunscreen, closed-toe shoes, long sleeved shirt and a hat.
Volunteers should bring water and heavy-duty work or gardening gloves. We do have extra gloves to share.
More information email info at saverosecreek dot org or visit SaveRoseCreek.org
Heavy rain cancels. Drizzle means we work.1 attendee
Past events
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