Volunteer with us at Iron Mountain! The North County Group recently joined the Poway Adopt-A-Trail program and is looking for volunteers to join us as we perform trail maintenance on Iron Mountain Trail. To keep the trail clean and safe, we will remove overgrown brush, weeds, debris, and low-hanging branches, monitor the condition of fences and … Read Full Article ▸
Habitat Restoration Can Be A Prickly Business
In January, habitat restoration at the the San Dieguito River Park took us to a large stand of prickly pear cactus. The cactus in this area had been planted about 6 years ago as a nesting site for the Coastal Cactus Wren which had lost much of its’ habitat in the 2007 Witch Creek Fire. Rangers were … Read Full Article ▸
Habitat Restoration at the San Dieguito River Park
We invite you to come out to the San Dieguito River Park on Saturday, January 17th from 8:00 am – 11:00 am, to help work on a Habitat Restoration Project. The project includes planting native plants, removing invasive species to protect wildlife habitat, and maintaining a restoration area near the Ysabel Creek Road Staging Area. Tools, training, … Read Full Article ▸
Teamwork in Action at the San Dieguito River Park
In December, members of the North County Group volunteered for a Habitat Restoration project at the San Dieguito River Park, planting tree saplings along Sycamore Creek. Park rangers had recently cleared a decades old stand of Giant Reed (Arundo donax) from this riparian area. This plant is native to Asia and was introduced in the … Read Full Article ▸
Let’s Help Restore Habitat at the San Dieguito River Park
We invite you to come out to the San Dieguito River Park on Saturday, December 20th from 8:00 am – 11:00 am, to help work on the Habitat Restoration Project. The project includes planting native plants, removing invasive species to protect wildlife habitat, and maintaining a restoration area along Sycamore Creek behind the Park Headquarters. … Read Full Article ▸
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument — The Wild Is Where You Find It
Director of the Sierra Club Our Wild America Campaign. Originally published in Nov/Dec 2014 – Hi Sierran In a wise move, President Obama recently designated about 350,000 acres of the San Gabriel Mountains, east of Los Angeles, as our country’s newest national monument. It’s a decision that came as the result of years of collaboration … Read Full Article ▸