2007 – Progress, Tragedy, and Recovery: The Year of “The Fire”
If you’ve been following these River Park 30th Anniversary posts by year, you\\\’ve noticed that the years leading up to and including …
2006 – SDRP Gets a Lagoon
After fifteen years of planning and two years of waiting for multiple government agencies to issue dozens of permits, construction was finally …
2005 – Planning Trail Connections
We all know that water plays a big part of our lives. It helps sustain habitats as well as erode them away. It can make our roads dangerous and our …
2004 – Halfway to Today
In 2004, San Dieguito River Park had 15 years experience building relationships, achieving goals to preserve, restore and acquire land, and establish …
2003 – Building on the past for the Future!
2003 marked my third year working for the San Dieguito River Park. I started out in 2000 working as a contracted Ranger Aide/ Maintenance worker and …
2002 – Habitat Conservation
Hot on the heels of being designated a State Wildlife Corridor the previous year, in 2002 the River Park purchased or assisted in the purchase of …
2001 – A Wildlife Corridor
In the year 2001, the San Dieguito River Park was identified as a State Wildlife Corridor linkage by the California Department of Parks and …
2000 – Y2K?
Besides breathing a collective sigh of relief that our computers turned from 1999 to 2000 without the world ending (and that the media would no longer …
1999 – SDRP Celebrates its 10th Anniversary
In 1999, the San Dieguito River Park JPA was celebrating its 10th anniversary, and there were so many active projects. The River Park had just been …
1998 – Much Ado About a Lagoon
In 1998, the big news in the River Park was the issuance of a Notice of Preparation/Intent to develop the Environmental Impact Statement/Report by the …
1997 – Important Completed Projects
In 1997, I recall the atmosphere around the Park was optimistic. In the Park’s rear view mirror were the peaks and valleys associated with forming a …
1996 – Serving as a Role Model
The San Dieguito River Park is very unique in not only the diverse ecosystems that occupy the park, from coastal wetlands to oak woodlands, but also …