Science Technician Patricia has created an interpretative guide for the plants along the Oceanside Trail. This guide will help volunteers identify the native plants for visitors as they hike the trail. You can find the new interpretative plant guide as part of the ebinder in the Terrestrial Plants section. Enjoy and thank you Patricia! Continue reading Oceanside Trail Interpretative Plant Guide
San Diego Union TribuneBy ANA RAMIREZ | ana.ramirez@sduniontribune.com | The San Diego Union-TribuneUPDATED: August 6, 2024 at 9:07 a.m. There’s a push to expand a protected area off Point Loma. The reason? Kelp — which is key to ocean wildlife but is vanishing all along California’s coast. A proposal to expand one of San Diego’s 11 marine protected areas would make it the largest in the county, … Continue reading New marine protections could help wildlife thrive — but also squeeze San Diego fishermen
On Sunday, June 16, 2024, a sea otter was observed hanging around the tidepools for the afternoon. Otters haven’t been seen at Cabrillo since at least 2007 or 2008, so this was indeed a rare and fun sighting. Visitors were thrilled to watch the otter float on its back, occasionally diving to bring up a lobster to munch on. Otters are mainly found off the … Continue reading An Otterly Amazing Story
By Karissa Duran, Scripps Institute of OceanographyMay 19, 2023 What are these blue jellyfish-like creatures? These creatures are called Velella velella. They have several different nicknames including “by-the-wind-sailors” and “little sails” as a reference to their sail-like, chitinous structure that sticks up above the water. Why are they washing up? They wash up on shore due to a combination of shoreward wind and current patterns. … Continue reading What Are Those Blue Blobs Washing Up On SoCal Beaches?
During this last October, a group of the CESAP (Conservation and Environmental Stewardship Apprentices) had the opportunity to bring a new public engagement event to Cabrillo! Write Out, a collaborative project between the National Writing Project and National Park Service, invites folks to get outside and create pieces of writing inspired by the outdoors and national parks. The theme for 2023’s Write Out was “Poetry, … Continue reading Write Out
The atmospheric rivers that have brought much needed rain to the area has also allowed the spring flowers to start blooming. It looks like we are in store for a very colorful Spring. The VNC is trying to arrange with Park staff for a walking tour of Spring flowers and plants along the upper monument. A tentative date of Friday May 12th from 3-4pm has … Continue reading Spring Flowers are in the Air
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