San Dieguito River Park
Preserving and interpreting the natural and cultural resources of the San Dieguito River Valley
In the year 2016, there were many accomplishments for San Dieguito River Park. During late winter and early spring, Park staff and Volunteers planted 13,198 plants throughout the River Park, in 15 different sites. Out of the total lump sum of those native plant species that we planted, 7,000 of those plants went to Bernardo …
The San Dieguito River Park has greatly benefited from the volunteer Mountain Bike Patrol program that Senior Park Ranger David Hekel, himself a mountain biker, started in June 2013. The park has always had volunteer trail patrol members, some of whom rode mountain bikes, that help provide extra eyes and ears on the trail and …
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 three major properties in the river valley to be used for habitat conservation- the Helms (Proudfoot) property between Sutherland Reservoir and Santa Ysabel Open Space Preserve West, the Derbas …
A species of bird, which has been at Lake Hodges for thousands of years, could disappear without creating a connection to other habitat.By Jason Lopez, Resources and Trails Manager, San Dieguito River Park There are two important song birds that live, year round, along the Coast to Crest Trail. They live and breed just off …
