Thank you to all that participated in Love Your Wetlands Day!
On February 5 we showed some love to the Kendall-Frost Marsh at our biggest outreach event of the year, Love Your Wetlands Day. We cleaned up trash by land and by kayak, refurbished nesting platforms for the endangered Ridgeway's rails, repaired Ha Kwaiyo (traditional Kumeyaay boats made of tule), seined for fish, tested water quality, interacted with native animals, poked at a soil (mud!) core, listened to wonderful music, and talked about how we need to love our wetlands every single day. None of this could have been possible without the UC Natural Reserve System, San Diego Audubon, the Mission Bay Park Rangers, the community leaders that spoke up for wetlands, and the hundreds of other volunteers and community partners that made the event possible. So a big THANK YOU to everyone that participated in Love your Wetlands Day 2022!