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  Brent Alspach Community: Oceanside Key Issues: I would like to make sure the public is educated about water supply and treatment issues: the need to conserve more; the benefits (and safety) of reuse and …

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Saving Our Waters and Our Wallets.

When I look at this photo, I see a wave I would normally kill to ride- with the exception of the surrounding wall of trash. I instantly visualize an ocean littered with garbage, paddling through …

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Four Ways to Stay Informed about the San Diego Bay Shipyards Cleanup

The Shipyards cleanup is finally about to start.  After decades of studies, plans, negotiations, expert reports, technical reports, legal posturing, and public hearings, we are poised to see contaminated dirt removed from San Diego Bay. …

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Mission Bay Revealed

In 1892, the women of ZLAC Rowing Club first set oar to water and later moved to the club’s current location on Mission Bay. In 1995 San Diego Coastkeeper set about protecting our region’s waters. On …

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Snorkel with the Leopard Sharks in La Jolla Shores

BONUS! One more special in our four-part (now five-part) “I Love My ASBS” blog series highlighting why we love San Diego’s Areas of Biological Significance. A long time ago I went snorkeling for the first …

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What is the National Young Farmer’s Coalition and why does San Diego Council President Todd Gloria care?

Thirty million people in seven states in the Southwest use the Colorado River’s water for their survival. California—including San Diego—has more people depending upon Colorado River water than any other state. Competing demands make the …

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Surf the ASBS

Part four of four in our “I Love My ASBS” blog series highlighting why we love San Diego’s Areas of Biological Significance. I’ve heard more than once that the best surfer is the one having …

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Dredging, Drying, Trucking, and Testing: The Ins and Outs of the San Diego Bay Cleanup

Water quality in San Diego Bay may start improving as early as September 15 of this year, when removal of the bay’s toxic sediment, the ground beneath the water, is scheduled to begin. The cleanup …

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More Trouble for San Diego Fairy Shrimp

A little bit of redesign could save four, maybe even nine, vernal pools that house the endangered San Diego fairy shrimp. Vernal pools are unique seasonal wetlands found in southwestern coastal California and northwestern Baja California, …

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Now You Sea Me, Now You Don’t

Part three of four in our “I Love My ASBS” blog series highlighting why we love San Diego’s Areas of Biological Significance. How do you describe your time in the water? For some, it’s a …

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Community Advisory Council

  Brent Alspach Community: Oceanside Key Issues: I would like to make sure the public is educated about water supply and treatment issues: the need to conserve more; the benefits (and safety) of reuse and …

Read More

Saving Our Waters and Our Wallets.

When I look at this photo, I see a wave I would normally kill to ride- with the exception of the surrounding wall of trash. I instantly visualize an ocean littered with garbage, paddling through …

Read More

Four Ways to Stay Informed about the San Diego Bay Shipyards Cleanup

The Shipyards cleanup is finally about to start.  After decades of studies, plans, negotiations, expert reports, technical reports, legal posturing, and public hearings, we are poised to see contaminated dirt removed from San Diego Bay. …

Read More

Mission Bay Revealed

In 1892, the women of ZLAC Rowing Club first set oar to water and later moved to the club’s current location on Mission Bay. In 1995 San Diego Coastkeeper set about protecting our region’s waters. On …

Read More

Snorkel with the Leopard Sharks in La Jolla Shores

BONUS! One more special in our four-part (now five-part) “I Love My ASBS” blog series highlighting why we love San Diego’s Areas of Biological Significance. A long time ago I went snorkeling for the first …

Read More

What is the National Young Farmer’s Coalition and why does San Diego Council President Todd Gloria care?

Thirty million people in seven states in the Southwest use the Colorado River’s water for their survival. California—including San Diego—has more people depending upon Colorado River water than any other state. Competing demands make the …

Read More

Surf the ASBS

Part four of four in our “I Love My ASBS” blog series highlighting why we love San Diego’s Areas of Biological Significance. I’ve heard more than once that the best surfer is the one having …

Read More

Dredging, Drying, Trucking, and Testing: The Ins and Outs of the San Diego Bay Cleanup

Water quality in San Diego Bay may start improving as early as September 15 of this year, when removal of the bay’s toxic sediment, the ground beneath the water, is scheduled to begin. The cleanup …

Read More

More Trouble for San Diego Fairy Shrimp

A little bit of redesign could save four, maybe even nine, vernal pools that house the endangered San Diego fairy shrimp. Vernal pools are unique seasonal wetlands found in southwestern coastal California and northwestern Baja California, …

Read More

Now You Sea Me, Now You Don’t

Part three of four in our “I Love My ASBS” blog series highlighting why we love San Diego’s Areas of Biological Significance. How do you describe your time in the water? For some, it’s a …

Read More