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Upcoming Events
- 8:00 am – 11:00 am, May 11, 2024 – Arbor Day - Oceanside
- 9:00 am – 10:30 am, May 11, 2024 – Rancho La Costa Restoration
- 9:00 am – 10:30 am, May 18, 2024 – El Corazon restoration work
- 10:00 am – 2:00 pm, May 18, 2024 – Endangered Species Day
- 9:00 am – 10:30 am, June 8, 2024 – Rancho La Costa Restoration
- 9:00 am – 10:30 am, June 15, 2024 – El Corazon restoration work
- 9:00 am – 10:30 am, July 13, 2024 – Rancho La Costa Restoration
- 9:00 am – 10:30 am, July 20, 2024 – El Corazon restoration work
- 9:00 am – 10:30 am, August 10, 2024 – Rancho La Costa Restoration
California Naturalist Certification Class
We will be continuing our California Naturalist certification training in 2025 lead by two alumni, Jimmy Kidd and Lisa Kuleto. The class will be on Tuesday evenings, 5:30-8:30 pm from Feb. 4 through April 8th. Check in here for more information as registration gets closer. Contact pdecino@preservecalavera.org to get on our interest list.Contact Us
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New EPA policy
A new EPA rule would make those scientific studies in which the public has full access to all raw data, including confidential medical information, the only ones allowed for consideration for determining policy. This would “significantly limit the scientific and … Continue reading
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Sea Level Rise: 2020, 2050, 2080
Pictures are worth a thousand words (I include graphs in that as well). See this flyer from Scripps Institute of Oceanography for a look at what to expect for our beaches in the future.
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Village H south trail opening
Approximately 60 acres of Village H was acquired recently by the city of Carlsbad as a result of a settlement between the developers of Quarry Creek, the city and Preserve Calavera. After a brief closure to allow the city to … Continue reading
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Compostable bags?
Ever see plastic bag substitutes listed as ‘eco-friendly’ or ‘compostable’? How quickly do they degrade and to what? Well, I.E. and R.C Thompson recently researched this in Environmental Science & Technology (“Environmental Deterioration of Biodegradable, Oxo-biodegradable, Compostable, and Conventional Plastic … Continue reading
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North San Diego County Watershed Monitoring Program
May 4 at San Marcos Creek in La Costa highlighted the water quality program being supported by Preserve Calavera after San Diego Coastkeeper lost their funding in December. SDCK had run a citizen science program for many years throughout the … Continue reading
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CEQA primer
California’s Environmental Quality Act or CEQA (sea-kwa) has profound effects on how development occurs in our state. It helps protect our air and water as well as wildlife corridors and aesthetics. While the article focuses on LA, the information applies … Continue reading
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North Coastal CCE study out
After over a year, the technical (feasibility) study for the proposed north coastal Community Choice Energy (CCE) provider is available. The cities of Carlsbad, Encinitas, Del Mar and Oceanside are very interested in pursuing this option as a means to … Continue reading
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Ongoing concern on the climate
In the last few months a number of reports from international and national agencies have come out with dire news about the speed at which climate change is occurring (IPCC, Global Carbon Project, National Climate Assessment). California continues to experience … Continue reading
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