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Visit our booth at the July 4th Celebration
Standley Park, University City


LIVE ANIMALS FROM PROJECT WILDLIFE
GET A FREE PHOTO of ROSE CANYON PARK

Saturday July 4, 9-4 pm
We'll be toward the back of the park by the rock wall and monkey bridge.

Want a free guided walk for
your group?
(See below)
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Den 8 Cub Scouts at Rose Canyon. Photo ©Den 8

Cub Scouts, Parents Explore Nature's Secrets
It was a fine adventure we had when the boys from Den 8 and their parents came on January 25th for a Friends of Rose Canyon nature walk in Rose Canyon Open Space Park. We watched an aerial battle between two Red-tailed Hawks and two attacking ravens, the ravens croaking and one of the hawks striking back. I asked the boys whose side they were on, and they all yelled "the hawks, the hawks." The boys loved finding tracks and especially scat as a way to figure out what animals had been there. "Here's some more scat," they kept calling out. They learned about bobcats and coyotes, sycamores and coast live oaks, all the things that eat gophers, why iceplant is bad, and where Rose Creek goes. One of the parents told me afterwards: "We could have come here by ourselves, but we wouldn't have known anything about what is here." Everyone got to take home postcards of the plants and animals of Rose Canyon. All in all, a day of great fun in the canyon. - Debby Knight
Free guided nature walks: We welcome schools, scouts, seniors, religious groups, parents at home with young children.
Contact: Debby Knight, 858-597-0220
Email:
rosecanyon@san.rr.com

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, 2008 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

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


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ROSE CANYON PHOTOS
View Michelle Ramey's Photos


Slideshow

View Slideshow
narrated by Ed Begley Jr.

Journey through the sights and scenery of San Diego's Rose Canyon Park with narrration by Ed Begley Jr...

Our Region's Natural Treasure
26 regional organizations
support preservation of Rose Canyon Park and oppose Regents Road bridge project.

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