Rose Canyon Park BioBlitz — May 17-18

Discover Rose Canyon Park's Many Plants and Animals. Free Activities for All Ages

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Or email us or call 858-597-0220

Sunday May 18 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Booths
Live snakes and birds of prey
Insects and spiders
San Diego Tracking Team (learn how they track animals)
Rose Creek Watershed Alliance (learn about the watershed)

Hike in Rose Canyon
Take an easy hike: help UC High School students test the soil and water, learn about the City’s $1.5 million project to plant native plants, and enjoy Rose Canyon Park!

Saturday May 17 8:00 - 11:00 a.m.
Bird Walk by San Diego Audubon Society

What is a BioBlitz?
Over a 24 hour period, experts will count as many species as they can in Rose Canyon: plants, birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, insects, and spiders. Meanwhile, the public will have the chance to learn more about the plants and animals in our own backyard.

Co-sponsored by: Friends of Rose Canyon and Sierra Club Canyons Campaign and City of San Diego Park and Recreation Department

Read San Diego Reader article on the
Campaign to Save Rose Canyon Park and
Stop the proposed Regents Road bridge project
SDReader online article (Feb. 21 edition, page 7)

Friends of Rose Canyon - San Diego Audubon Society and Endangered Habitats League
File New Lawsuit On Proposed Road Through Rose Canyon Park
Groups Sue to Overturn City Council Approval Of $4.8 Million Contract to do Final Design Years Before Environmental Review is Complete

• The City violated state environmental law when it approved a contract to do final design of the proposed Regents Road bridge project before completing the new Environmental Impact Report (EIR). Contrary to City claims, final design is not needed to do the EIR.
• The new EIR must analyze alternatives that are less damaging. Spending millions on final design now means the City will likely ignore these alternatives when the EIR is complete.
• The City is gambling millions in public funds on final design of a project that may never be built.

You can help by making a tax-deductible donation to support our campaign to stop the proposed Regents Road bridge project and preserve Rose Canyon Park for all San Diegans.
Donate by credit card or check $1,000 - $500 - $250 - $100 - $50 - $25

• Read brief filed by our attorneys
• Read press release
• Read CityBeat article on new lawsuit
• Read our attorneys’ letter to City on why final design contract violates the law and urging them not to approve it.

FRIENDS OF ROSE CANYON WINS!
Court Awards 100% of Request
for Attorneys Fees In Regents Road Bridge Lawsuit
Read more about it

GOOD NEWS!
$1 Million Project Underway To Plant Native Plants, Enhance Rose Canyon Habitat
Look for the 4 areas of orange fencing east and west of Regents Road. Location chosen because of its high habitat value.
View an aerial of the project areas

GRANTS
The San Diego Foundation Supports Our Work to Protect and Restore Rose Canyon
More

CITY COUNCIL VOTED on Sept. 4, 2007 to Gamble Millions on Final Design of Proposed Regents Road Bridge Project Years before they complete the legally required first step: an EIR!
Legal problems with the PDC contract

CITY COUNCIL RESCINDS DECISION TO PROCEED WITH REGENTS ROAD BRIDGE PROJECT

Authorizes instead a brand new EIR
Read San Diego CityBeat Magazine article:
”Rose Canyon’s Great Escape”
Major Victory for Friends of Rose Canyon
Our lawsuit forces City Council to do an about face
City capitulates before case is heard in court.
Thanks to all who donated to make this possible.
Read more

BRIDGE PROJECT WASTES MILLIONS
Mismanagement of Funds; Conflicts of Interest
Read our Investigative Reports