San Dieguito Lagoon Trail

When I first saw the trucks and earth moving equipment rolling all over the San Dieguito Lagoon I thought to myself “NO Way, No one in their right mind should be allowed to build homes and businesses in the lagoon.” Well little did I know that there was some political activity pushing to increase the quality of the land for the birds, sand critters and more.

 

So I looked around and found two articles that explain what has transpired to let you know, what I did not  know, so you can be well informed.

 

The first article was in the North County Times by Deborah Sullivan Brennan… she speaks about the pressure put on SDG&E and California Edison to create a space for wet land birds and creatures.

Excerpt from the North County Times Article:

20 years in the works

The project has been in the works for nearly two decades, since the Coastal Commission ordered Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric Co. to compensate for fish that are killed when they are sucked into the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station’s cooling system, said Sarber.

Their solution was to create a wetland that would shelter breeding and baby fish, helping replace those that are lost to the power plant.

After scouring sites up and down the state, the utilities settled on the San Dieguito Lagoon, which offered land that could be converted to a renewed lagoon and willing residents who welcomed the project, Sarber said.

Read the whole Article

 

The second article from the San Diego Reader written by Jerry Schad. He wrote about the completion of the trail project. The great sites and sounds of the trail.

This is a great place to go for a walk and see the beauty of nature in your own back yard.

 

This is a small excerpt from Jerry’s article.

The first two-thirds mile of the trail (for use by hikers and bikers) takes you west toward the freeway and then south to the bank of the San Dieguito River, which at this point flows underneath the concrete bridges of the freeway. As you continue under the freeway and farther west, the white noise of speeding cars mercifully fades and broad vistas of the lagoon are in view to the south, backed up by the wooded residential areas of Del Mar. At 1.1 miles into the hike you come upon an observation platform, which marks the start of the boardwalk portion of the trail. Bicyclists aren’t allowed ahead on the planked section of trail; they must turn back at this point.

Read the whole article

You just have to love living in San Diego, there is just about anything in the world you’d want to do here.

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