Welcome to San Diego Canyonlands
San Diego Canyonlands' mission is to promote, protect and restore the natural habitats in San Diego County's canyons and creeks by fostering education and ongoing community involvement in stewardship and advocacy, and by collaborating with other organizations.
News and Acccomplishments
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$365K Awarded for CH Canyon Loop Trail! Link to San Diego Union-Tribune Article Online. May 11, 2012 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Eric Bowlby Executive Director, San Diego Canyonlands eric@sdcanyonlands.org 619-204-0753 $365,00... Read more |
City Sponsorship of Dedication Approved! City Sponsorship of City Land Dedication Legislation Approved! 01.24.12 Thank you for your letter in support of City land dedication sent to Mayor Sanders and San Diego City Council. Yours was one... Read more |
SDCL Seeking GIS Mapping Technician! JOB ANNOUNCEMENT GIS Mapping Technician (Part-Time, $10-12/hr) San Diego Canyonlands (SDCL) is a local, non-profit conservation organization whose mission is to promote, protect and restore the... Read more |
SDCL Stewardship-Building In the News SDCL Stewardship-Building In the News! Speak City Heights recently reported on SDCL's growing efforts to build sustainable community stewardship of City Heights' Swan Canyon and 47th Street Canyon. ... Read more |
Sneak Peek 3-D Park Tour Ready! A Sneak Peek 3-D Tour of City Lands proposed for dedication is ready to watch. WATCH IT NOW!! Read more |
Union-Tribune Reports on Park Dedication 6.13.11 The San Diego Union-Tribune reports (Tuesday 6/14/11) on SDCL's campaign to dedicate ~10,000 acres of City-owned open space to be preserved for future generations. Click here to see the art... Read more |
New Programs Manager Hired 6.9.11 SDCL has hired Will Anderson, a San Diego State University Geography graduate, as Programs Manager. Will brings a diverse background in law, education, Geography, and watershed conservation... Read more |
SD Foundation Awards $42,000 Grant 6.9.11 San Diego Canyonlands is pleased to announce an award of $42,000 from The San Diego Foundation to continue efforts to dedicate approximately 10,000 acres of City-owned open space as parkland a... Read more |
Manzanita Canyon Action Plan Released To facilitate the development of a Canyon Enhancement Planning Guide, SDCL chose Manzanita Canyon as a pilot project. With funding from The San Diego Foundation we held a series of five stakeholder me... Read more |
Chollas Creek Watershed Tour A Google Earth tour of San Diego's Chollas Creek watershed, by Will Anderson. Read more |
Nature Education & Stewardship Program Left to right, Mark Matson a volunteer landscaping consultant, Executive Director of JRYMCA Michael Brunker, and Eric Bowlby Executive Director of San Diego Canyonlands survey Chollas Creek on the YMC... Read more |
Spotlight on Rudy Vargas-Lima By Eric Bowlby "Rudy followed through with his commitment to establish a sustainable connection for the Eco-Club and the City Heights canyons." -Eric Bowlby I met Rudy when he was a junior in High ... Read more |
Special Events and Alerts
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Please Donate to Support Dedication!Dear Friend of San Diego’s Canyons and Open Space, Are your community’s precious open spaces dedicated? Or are they still vulnerable to being sold or converted to non-open-space or non-parkland uses?... Read more |
"Give BIG" Raises Almost $14,000! 12.16.11 Thank you so much to all who participated in the recent San Diego Foundation's "Give BIG" campaign to support our work to promote, protect and restore San Diego's Canyons! We raised almost ... Read more |
June 16 Report to Park & Rec Board 6.9.11 San Diego Canyonlands (SDCL) will make a presentation to San Diego's Park and Recreation Board on June 16, about its ongoing efforts to convert ~10,000 acres of City open space to "dedicated"... Read more |
Canyon Enhancement PlanningSan Diego Canyonlands is dedicated to the preservation and restoration of San Diego's unique canyons. It has established a Canyon Enhancement Planning (CEP) Committee to create a guide for community ... Read more |
Children and Nature Collaborative Launch Spurred by Richard Louv’s Children and Nature movement, SDCL has helped create a new collaborative to “inspire communities to nurture, empower, and engage youth in cultivating their relationship wit... Read more |
Collaborations-R-UsAn important, on-going collaboration is with I Love a Clean San Diego (ILCSD). SDCL is coordinating increased participation of our canyon groups with the ILACSD county-wide “Creek to Bay” and “Califo... Read more |
Canyons Need Your Continued Support! Due to your support, thousands of adult volunteers and youth are learning about and taking care of our wonderful canyons. Since our campaign began 10 years ago we have established over 45 new frien... Read more |
Upcoming Events
May 26, 2012 9:00am -
12:00pm
Chollas Creek
San Diego, California
June 2, 2012 9:00am -
12:00pm
Swan Canyon (City Heights)
Olive Street and Highland Ave, San Diego, CA
June 2, 2012 10:00am -
1:00pm
Shawn Canyon (Serra Mesa)
9200 Shawn Ave., San Diego, Ca
June 2, 2012 1:30pm -
3:30pm
University Heights Point
1100 Golden Gate Dr., San Diego, California
June 6, 2012 3:00pm -
5:00pm
Hollywood Canyon Stakeholder Workshop (Enhancement Planning) #2
4238 Poplar Street (Entrance to "Pepper/Hollywood" Canyon, across from El General store)
June 9, 2012 10:00am -
12:00pm
Rose Creek (Pacific Beach)
2525 Garnet Ave, Pacific Beach, CA
June 13, 2012 7:00pm -
8:00pm
Normal Heights Canyons Meeting
Cafe Cabaret - 3739 Adams Ave
June 16, 2012 8:00am -
11:00am
Juniper Canyon (North/South Park)
Corner of Felton St. and Nutmeg., San Diego, California
June 16, 2012 8:30am -
12:30pm
Cottonwood Creek (Encinitas) Restoration
(see notes for location)
June 16, 2012 9:30am -
11:30am
PLANNING TOUR - Hollywood Canyon (City Heights)
4240 Sycamore Drive, San Diego CA 92105
