An environmental group and several San Diego community leaders rallied Friday in an effort to highlight the need to pass legislation to protect an important federal land conservation program. The Surfrider Foundation’s San Diego chapter and local leaders gathered to throw their support behind H.R. 3195 , a bill Rep. Mike Levin is supporting that would permanently […]
Children and gardens have been a common theme throughout literature. From “Jack and the Beanstalk” to “Alice in Wonderland,” “The Secret Garden” to “The Lorax,” our storytellers have found beautiful and fantastical ways of emphasizing the connection between children and things that grow. In a more real way, strengthening that connection between youngsters and the […]
A proposal to keep deeper, more open water at the western end of the Buena Vista Lagoon is part of modifications that could make a proposed restoration at last palatable to all the property owners involved. “It would still remove the weir, but would also protect the St. Malo open areas, as well as create […]
Imperial Beach shorelines remain closed after nearly 100 million gallons of sewage-tainted runoff recently poured over the border from Mexico. Local officials plan to visit the nation’s capital in coming weeks to urge lawmakers to fund an U.S. EPA blueprint released this summer for capturing sewage-tainted flows in the Tijuana River. The planned visit, spearheaded […]
San Diego Leaders, Environmental Group Call For Full Permanent Funding Of Land And Water Conservation Fund
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /ABC10by Mimi ElkallaAn environmental group and several San Diego community leaders rallied Friday in an effort to highlight the need to pass legislation to protect an important federal land conservation program. The Surfrider Foundation’s San Diego chapter and local leaders gathered to throw their support behind H.R. 3195 , a bill Rep. Mike Levin is supporting that would permanently […]
School Programs Are Cultivating Interest in Gardening
/in Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union Tribune by Heather HollandChildren and gardens have been a common theme throughout literature. From “Jack and the Beanstalk” to “Alice in Wonderland,” “The Secret Garden” to “The Lorax,” our storytellers have found beautiful and fantastical ways of emphasizing the connection between children and things that grow. In a more real way, strengthening that connection between youngsters and the […]
Agreement Close On Buena Vista Lagoon Restoration
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union- Tribune by Phil DiehlA proposal to keep deeper, more open water at the western end of the Buena Vista Lagoon is part of modifications that could make a proposed restoration at last palatable to all the property owners involved. “It would still remove the weir, but would also protect the St. Malo open areas, as well as create […]
San Diego Region Leaders To Visit White House Following Latest Beach Closure From Tijuana River Sewage
/in Home Headline, Media Coverage, San Diego County /by Mike Lee /The San Diego Union- Tribune by Joshua Emerson SmithImperial Beach shorelines remain closed after nearly 100 million gallons of sewage-tainted runoff recently poured over the border from Mexico. Local officials plan to visit the nation’s capital in coming weeks to urge lawmakers to fund an U.S. EPA blueprint released this summer for capturing sewage-tainted flows in the Tijuana River. The planned visit, spearheaded […]