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San Diego nonprofit dedicated to the conservation and restoration of our local canyons & creeks. 🌿 We acknowledge that we work on Kumeyaay land.
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Hi friends, we’d like to reintroduce ourselves! 👋⁠ ⁠ We are San Diego Canyonlands, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to bringing people and nature together for mutual healing. We activate local communities as stewards to advance environmental solutions. 🌱⁠ ⁠ Our 2025 Strategic Plan represents the second phase in Canyonlands’ evolution as a community-benefit environmental nonprofit. We fill a critical role in society, building climate resilience while tackling structural inequities and making nature more accessible for all - which we achieve through eight initiatives.⁠ ⁠ Stay tuned as we share our new mission, vision, and operational initiatives over the next few weeks. We hope that our passion, transparency, and values resonate with you - our supportive community. Together, we will co-create positive environmental change for all! 🌎💚⁠ ⁠ #SDCanyonlands #SanDiego #SDCounty #SD #Environmental #Nonprofit #Education #Stewardship #Service #Advocacy #Community #Habitat #Restoration #Biodiversity #Change #CityHeights #Volunteering #Nature #Outdoors ⁠ by @sdcanyonlands
If you’re familiar with Canyonlands, you know our mission is to promote, protect, and restore the native habitats of San Diego’s canyons and creeks. While that hasn’t changed, we’ve refocused to deepen the value of our environmental work within the communities we serve.⁠ ⁠ Our updated mission is to ‘uplift communities by connecting people with nature through ecosystem restoration, workforce development, environmental education and advocacy, and by harnessing the mutually beneficial power of conservation to safeguard biodiversity and improve quality of life’. 🌱⁠ ⁠ We’ve emerged as leaders at the nexus of nature conservation, wildfire resilience, and equitable nature access. We are driven to overcome entrenched social and environmental challenges by reconnecting people and nature to achieve meaningful solutions for our region. We hope our renewed commitments to San Diego inspire you to support our team, as we strive to build resilient nature-connected local communities! 🫶⁠ ⁠ #SDCanyonlands #SanDiego #SDCounty #SD #Environmental #Nonprofit #Education #Stewardship #Service #Advocacy #Community #Habitat #Restoration #Biodiversity #Change #CityHeights #Volunteering #Nature #Outdoors⁠ by @sdcanyonlands
At Canyonlands, we envision a future where the diverse peoples of our region come together in harmony through the common cause of saving our natural heritage.⁠ ⁠ However, we recognize that not everyone has the same opportunities to engage with nature for fun, work, or healing, and that social justice, environmental justice, and climate change are inextricably linked.⁠ ⁠ Canyonlands is dedicated to listening to community needs and using our experience to activate people as the driving force behind local solutions. Just like the rich biodiversity of San Diego, our diverse communities are beautiful and resilient. We strive to harness the healing power of nature and community to make nearby-nature a more welcoming and safe place for all San Diegans to enjoy. 💚⁠ ⁠ #SDCanyonlands #SanDiego #SDCounty #SD #Environmental #Nonprofit #Education #Stewardship #Service #Advocacy #Community #Habitat #Restoration #Biodiversity #Change #CityHeights #Volunteering #Nature #Outdoors ⁠ by @sdcanyonlands
You may have heard of Thrasher before… but today we are talking about birds, not boards! 🐦‍⬛🔥🛹⁠ ⁠ The California Thrasher are an iconic species to the California chaparral habitat, but are often hard to spot in the dense shrub.🌳 However, these lanky songbirds start to make themselves known by singing as the rainy season begins!🌧️ If you are lucky enough, you will spot its large, brown body and distinct curved bill as it perches up high, overlooking the canyon.🌿👀⁠ ⁠ Belonging to the family Mimidae, the California Thrasher is a close relative of another one of our common canyon species, the Northern Mockingbird. While the mockingbirds are better known for imitating other birds’ songs, the California Thrasher actually has the same habit! It has been known to take inspiration from other birds’ songs, and incorporate them into its own singing! 🎶🎵⁠ ⁠ See if you can find (or hear) the California Thrasher in our canyons! Don’t forget to snap a picture📸and post it on iNaturalist! ⁠ ⁠ Information from All About Birds and National Audubon Society⁠ ⁠ Photo credits: ⁠ 📸Cover Image: bmartin0593photo via iNaturalist⁠ 📸Slide 2: sdbirder via iNaturalist⁠ 📸Slide 3: ⁠ boyscientist via iNaturalist by @sdcanyonlands
This Saturday, November 7th, Canyonlands will be hosting our weekly Stewardship Saturday event in Swan Canyon from 8am-10:30am! ⛅️⁠ ⁠ Volunteers will:⁠ 🌱 care for native plants⁠ 🌱 remove invasive plants⁠ 🌱 promote canyon health while connecting with your community⁠ ⁠ ✍️ To register for the event:⁠ 📍 Click the linktree in our bio⁠ 📍 Go to Volunteer With Us⁠ 📍 Navigate to the event titled “Stewardship Saturday in Swan Canyon 11/07”⁠ ⁠ We can’t wait to see you in the canyons with us! 👋⁠ ⁠ #SDCanyonlands #SwanCanyon #VolunteerSanDiego #Nonprofit #SanDiegoEvents by @sdcanyonlands
If star signs were native plants what would you be? 💫 This edition is a breath of fresh air! 🌬️ ⁠ ⁠ We have one more element to wrap up this series, who’s excited? 🤭✨⁠ ⁠ Most of the native species featured here can be found in our canyon spaces throughout San Diego! Come out with us at our next event and see if you can spot yours… 👀🌱⁠ ⁠ 📸Cover Image: @chris.parkes.photo⁠ ⁠ #NativeSpecies #StarSign #AirSign #SanDiego #SDCanyonlands⁠ by @sdcanyonlands
It’s officially Spooky season 🎃, so that means it's time for a spooky edition of Winged Wednesday! 🦇⁠ ⁠ This week’s feature is the Townsend’s Big-eared Bat! These unique bats can be found all along the Pacific coast, from Mexico to Canada! Oak woodlands offer a perfect habitat for foraging and dark roosting coverage. 🧛⁠ ⁠ Despite their impressively large ears, these little guys have a body length of just 9-11 cm!! Not only that, but they are completely nocturnal, so you’d need night vision to see them in action! 👀⁠ ⁠ Good luck trying to find the Townsend’s Big-eared bat this Spooky Season! ⁠ ⁠ 📸Cover image: NPS Photo via Wikimedia Commons ⁠ 📸Slide 2: Stihler Craig, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service via Wikimedia Commons ⁠ 📸Slide 3: Ann Froschauer/USFWS via Wikimedia Commons ⁠ 📸Slide 4: Ann Froschauer/USFWS via Wikimedia Commons ⁠ ⁠ #SanDiego #Spooky #Halloween #Bat #Ecology by @sdcanyonlands
No Halloween plans? No problem👻! ⁠ ⁠ Join us on Saturday, October 31 at 9am as we partner with Groundwork San Diego and Renascence to host a Halloween Hike 🥾 and Monster Mash in Emerald Hills Park! ⁠ ⁠ Enjoy guided hikes, fun games, storytelling, and more with the local San Diego community. Learn more about the plans Groundwork has for their Tri Canyon project! 🌱⁠ ⁠ RSVP using the QR code on the flyer or the link in our bio! ⁠ See you this Halloween🎃! ⁠ ⁠ #EmeraldHills #HalloweenHike #MonsterMash #TriCanyon #SanDiego⁠ by @sdcanyonlands
Hope you’ve got your hiking shoes🥾, because it’s time for Bugs and Brew🪲☕️! ⁠ ⁠ Join us this Friday, October 30th from 9-11am for a special guided Halloween Eve🎃hike through Olivia Canyon! Enjoy a one-mile hike to see some creepy crawlies🪳our canyons have to offer. Reward yourself afterwards with a coffee brew and hangout at Nate’s Garden Grill with Canyonlands staff!⁠ ⁠ ✍️ To register for the event:⁠ 📍 Click the linktree in our bio⁠ 📍 Go to Volunteer With Us⁠ 📍 Navigate to the event titled “Bugs & Brew: Olivia Canyon (10/30)”⁠ ⁠ We hope to see you there!👋⁠ ⁠ #Canyonlands #Bugs #SanDiego #OliviaCanyon #Halloween⁠ by @sdcanyonlands
If star signs were native plants what would you be? 💫 Staying nice and cool this week with our water edition! 🌊 ⁠ ⁠ More elements coming soon, which do you want to see next? 🤭✨⁠ ⁠ Most of the native species featured here can be found in our canyon spaces throughout San Diego! Come out with us at our next event and see if you can spot yours… 👀🌱⁠ ⁠ 📸Cover Image: @chris.parkes.photo⁠ ⁠ #NativeSpecies #StarSign #WaterSign #SanDiego #SDCanyonlands⁠ by @sdcanyonlands
Have you heard👂? The City of San Diego is developing a City Wide Trails Master Plan! ⁠ ⁠ The plan is designed to increase recreational opportunities🥾, connect the places we live, work and play, support physical activity💪, support protection of sensitive plants🌿 and animals🐿️, and improve trail access, safety, and user experience. ⁠ ⁠ In total, it encompasses three elements: community engagement opportunities, an Existing Conditions Report, and the final product, the Trails Master Plan. ⁠ ⁠ 🚨Get involved today! Take the Community Survey using the QR code or link in our bio!⁠ ⁠ #TrailsMasterPlan #SanDiego #Community #Getinvolved by @sdcanyonlands
We’re toad-ally🐸 hyped for this Field Friday because we are featuring the California Toad!⁠ ⁠ California toads are habitat generalists - they can thrive in a wide range of environmental conditions🌼🌱. That means you can find them in all kinds of communities! They are also omnivores, and they switch from eating prey🪰to eating plants🍄depending on what the habitat has to offer. ⁠ ⁠ Fun fact‼️: instead of long hops, California toads prefer a slow and steady crawl or walk! ⁠ ⁠ If you think you’ve stumbled upon one, check if it has a light colored strip that runs down its spine. If it does, you’ve likely found a California toad🐸! Snap a picture and post it on iNaturalist! ⁠ ⁠ 📸Cover photo: meganralph via iNaturalist⁠ 📸Slide 2: Jules Feldman ⁠ 📸Slide 3: thevertebratepokedex via iNaturalist⁠ 📸Slide 4: glmory via iNaturalist⁠ ⁠ #CaliforniaToad #HabitatGeneralist #Ecology #SanDiego by @sdcanyonlands

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