March was a great month for the river mouth location. In addition to our regularly scheduled Friends of the River Mouth events (4th Saturday of odd numbered months, January, March, May etc.) a large group of military families from Lincoln Military Housing came out for a group event and planted over 100 native plants! Kids and families had a great time and did a wonderful job in helping to restore this area.
During our regularly scheduled event on March 27th we had over 100 people turnout on a bright and warm Saturday morning to help us care for this rare and sensitive site.
Educational tours were given by Botanist and river mouth friend Mike Nieto and San Diego River Park Foundation board member and noted environmental advocate Jim Peugh.
After the tours, volunteers were split into groups and given examples of specific non native plants to search for and remove. We ended up removing 130 bags of invasive plants! That would equal easily 1 ton of invasives!
To top off the days event a very exciting discovery was made by Ranger Lisa.
She spotted the presence of Nutall's Lotus! Here is a picture and additional information:
Lotus nuttallianus is a species of legume known by the common names Nuttall's lotus and wire bird's-foot trefoil. It is native Baja California and just into San Diego County, California, where it is a resident of coastal habitat, such as beaches and bluffs. It is a rare plant of the highly developed coastline in and around the city of San Diego,
Join us for an open house and tour in celebration of River Days on May 15th from 9am-Noon. For more information on how you can get involved call Richard at 619.297.7380 or email him at richard@sandiegoriver.org
