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DEDICATION CEREMONY COMPLETING WETLANDS RESTORATION PROJECT
November 7, 2011
Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas & Electric and the City of Riverside celebrated the completion of the San Dieguito Wetlands Restoration Project.
After 14 years of research, permitting and construction, the San Dieguito Wetlands Project is complete. The $90 million project is one of the largest coastal restoration projects on the west coast. The estuary will now serve as a fish hatchery and home to migratory waterfowl and endangered species as well as open space for the community to enjoy for generations to come.
Speakers included Gil Alexander, SCE Media Relations, as host. Sherilyn Sarb, California Coastal Commission Deputy Director, Pam Slater-Price, County Supervisor, Dick Bobertz, Executive Director of the San Dieguito River Park Joint Powers Authority, Pamela J. Fair, vice president, Environment and Support Services, San Diego Gas & Electric, Pete Dietrich, senior vice president and chief nuclear officer, SONGS, SCE, and Cecil House, senior vice president, Operations Support and chief procurement officer, SCE.
The first 8 photos below were taken by Stu Smith.
Above: Dawn Rawls, San Dieguito Lagoon Committee, and Jacqueline Winterer, Friends of the San Dieguito River Valley
Above: Speakers at the Podium. It was a happy day, with acknowledgments and appreciation to all involved.
Below: A scene of the newly restored wetlands.
Above left: Bill Michalsky with the San Dieguito Lagoon Committee
Above: left to right: Dick Bobertz, Gil Alexander, Pam Slater-Price, Sherilyn Sarb
Above: Cecil House presents plaques to participants
Above: Students from Porter Elementary
Above: A Great Egret is intent on finding food, ignoring the nearby Dedication Ceremony.
The next three photos were taken by SDRP Ranger Bryan Ward
Above: Students at Porter Elementary examine fish and other specimens caught that morning by the UCSB Marine Life Institute Science Team, led by Coastal Commission contract scientists Mark Page and Steve Schroeter
Above: Project Wildlife representative holding red-shouldered hawk
Above: Cecil House, SCE, speaks to the audience.
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