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Our Case for Community Gardens
We are pleased to join the City of Escondido in talks to plan the Escondido Creek Trail Expansion and Renovation Project. The project has great potential to provide residents with natural park space to soften the existing, co...
2020-11-24 -
Exploring the Importance of Manmade Water Sources
San Diego County is characterized by many things — beautiful beaches, breweries, and a near-perfect climate — but abundance of natural water sources is not one of them. Humans have dammed rivers, drilled wells, and channe...
2020-11-17 -
Chainsaw Training Has Eucalyptus Stumped
In our never-ending battle against invasive species, chainsaws are a most important tool. But the safety of our staff and volunteers always takes precedent. So last month, Conservancy staff, volunteers, and some of our conser...
2020-11-17 -
Farewell, Dare and Nathan!
This fall, the Conservancy says goodbye to two very important people: Dare Delano and Nathan Serrato. For more than a decade, real estate attorney Dare has been a key part of the Conservancy team — a steady, calming inf...
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Our Hilltop Fixer-upper
When the Conservancy acquired the 700-acre Mountain Meadow property in Hidden Meadows, it came with an old duplex overlooking Daley Ranch and points beyond. An inspection of the structures quickly revealed deferred maintenan...
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Revving Up Restoration
The number of preserved acres in our watershed continues to grow and we don’t anticipate this stopping anytime soon! With more land spread throughout the watershed, we were faced with the need and opportunity to hire more s...
2020-08-24 -
Home To The Gray Fox… It’s Official
Gray fox (Urocyon cinereoargenteus) are known to be quiet, stealthy creatures… but we were starting to wonder if any gray fox lived in the Escondido Creek watershed. The occasional trail tails, unidentifiable scat, and pecu...
2020-08-24 -
5 Ways to Cool Your Climate
It’s summertime and the heat is on. As I write this, the temperature in Escondido is 98°F and San Diego County is experiencing a major heat wave that is spurring planned power outages. While our temperatures may fluctu...
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Introducing The Keithley Preserve
If you live in the Elfin Forest area, you may have noticed some sign changes to the former Los Cielos Preserve. After much thoughtfulness and consideration, we have decided to rename the Preserve after one of our dedicated bo...
2020-08-24 -
Brochures Coming In Spanish!
In an effort to our story more accessible to others, we’ve partnered with Translation Services to translate some of our marketing materials into Spanish. Thank you so much! ...
2020-08-18 -
Why Are Oak Trees Wearing Pink Ribbons?
by Rose Wilkinson & Lissa Schroeder If you’ve been hiking near Elfin Forest, you may have noticed our oak trees have some pink ribbon around them. No, they aren’t streamers leftover from Isabella the deer’s birthday...
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Our Conservation Team Gets Bigger
Like little acorns growing into mighty oaks, The Escondido Creek Conservancy is coming into its own with a growing land care team! This summer, we welcomed Conservation Land Assistant Jamison Lauria and Shirley Innecken joine...
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Wear Wild Face Masks
Get a Wild Face Mask and Support Nature Education Stay safe and show off your wild side. For a limited time, we’re offering wildlife face masks (while supplies last) when you donate in support of the Conservancy. O...
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Are rabbits in for their own pandemic?
While many of us are focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, a different outbreak is sweeping the local animal world—Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease Virus (RHDV). RHDV2, the strain of the disease that is currently spreading across the...
