"The state Coastal Conservancy grant places San Diego Audubon in a leadership role in planning for a

SAN DIEGO The San Diego Audubon Society received costa rica car rental a $460,000 grant from California Coastal Conservancy to fund a study, which is the first step to eventually expanding or improving the tidal marsh and mudflat habitats near Mission Bay, the group announced Tuesday.
Officials with the San Diego Audubon Society said the multi-year restoration planning effort known as the Mission Bay Wetland Feasibility Study would lead to a broader effort to protect and restore salt marsh habitat in the northeast corner of Mission Bay. Researchers will also seek out ways to re- establish the connection between Rose Creek and the Kendall Frost Marsh Reserve in Mission Bay.
“This is an unprecedented opportunity, not only for the city, but for the entire region, San Diego Audubon s conservation committee Chair Jim Peugh said. “Nowhere else in Southern California is there a potential for such a large scale wetland restoration project, especially one immediately adjacent to healthy, existing marsh.
The project will bring together UC San Diego, the Rose Creek Watershed Alliance, Beautiful PB and Friends of Mission Bay Marshes along with a technical advisory committee, costa rica car rental an environmental consulting firm and others to to design a set of conceptual restoration costa rica car rental approaches, according to the Audubon Society.
“The state Coastal Conservancy grant places costa rica car rental San Diego Audubon in a leadership role in planning for a regionally-significant wetlands restoration project costa rica car rental in an area where we have played an active advocacy role for decades, San Diego Audubon Executive Director Chris Redfern costa rica car rental said.
San Diego Audubon officials said that ultimately costa rica car rental expanding at least 100 acres of the marsh would increase the wetland s scope of ecosystem services, including coastline stabilization, water quality improvement costa rica car rental and as a buffer against future sea level rise. The expansion also would expand opportunities for education, research, recreation and community engagement.