A fiery red sunset over the Pacific Ocean viewed from the Kelp Forest Overlook at Cabrillo National Monument.

Cabrillo Open Until Sunset During Summer Weekends

Cabrillo National Monument News Release Release Date: May 24, 2022  Contact: Elizabeth Skinner 619-885-5675 (Elizabeth_Skinner@nps.gov)   San Diego, CA – Cabrillo National Monument will be open until sunset on Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays starting Friday, May 27 for Memorial Day weekend through Sunday, September 4 of Labor Day weekend. The tidepool area will be open until 30 minutes before sunset. Normal operating hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., … Continue reading Cabrillo Open Until Sunset During Summer Weekends

From the TPERP Training Archives

Thanks to VIP Beth, we can share the presentation by Gary Evans at the initial TPERP Training in 1996. Beth was one of the original TPERPers, along with Mike Moser, attending this training and luckily she saved the videotape all these years. With a little digital enhancing we were able to restore the video for viewing. Beth says: “This was part of the first TPERP … Continue reading From the TPERP Training Archives

An oval shaped shell the size of a hand with multi colors. Five holes in a line are on the right side.

What’s in the Tidepools? – April 2022

(NPS Photo/P. Raetzman) Our dedicated volunteers at Cabrillo National Monument take photos of the exciting flora and fauna down in the tidepools! We want to try and capture the wonderful photos that volunteers are taking in the tidepool area. This blog post is published on a monthly basis, but we need your help. We encourage you to keep contributing by submitting your memorable photos and/or … Continue reading What’s in the Tidepools? – April 2022

Wildspot AR Lands in San Diego

Augmented Reality game is designed to attract new audiences to urban National Parks  In the new mobile game WildSpot, a disturbance in the space/time boundry between Earth’s dimension and a neighboring one threatens to introduce unusual and potentially destructive organisms and phenomena to our planet. Fortunately, WildSpot players can locate, document and control these bizarre outbreaks before they destabilize our world.  Developed by the American Association … Continue reading Wildspot AR Lands in San Diego

A woman climbing up a rope along a rocky cliff

Ranger Lauren – ACS Speaker Series

Ranger Lauren will presenting at the next American Cetacean Society (ACS)-San Diego Chapter Speaker Series Event on “30 Years of Rocky Intertidal Monitoring at Cabrillo National Monument” on April 13, 2022 at 7PM (via Zoom). This event will be held on Zoom and is free. You can find the information below. About the speaker:As a Marine Biologist on the Natural Resources Team at Cabrillo National Monument (San Diego, … Continue reading Ranger Lauren – ACS Speaker Series