Preserving and interpreting the natural and cultural resources of the San Dieguito River Valley
San Dieguito River Park Volunteer Training November 2, 2019 / 1pm-3pm / Sikes Adobe Historic Farmstead / 12655 Sunset Dr. Escondido, CA 92025 Become a Sikes Adobe Docent or Dust Devil! If you have a special interest in historical education, come be a docent at the Sikes Adobe Historic Farmstead. Docents help convey what the pioneer farm experience… Read More »
The San Dieguito River Park has greatly benefited from the volunteer Mountain Bike Patrol program that Senior Park Ranger David Hekel, himself a mountain biker, started in June 2013. The park has always had volunteer trail patrol members, some of whom rode mountain bikes, that help provide extra eyes and ears on the trail and… Read More »
2003 marked my third year working for the San Dieguito River Park. I started out in 2000 working as a contracted Ranger Aide/ Maintenance worker and progressed to a full time Ranger later that year. As the park continued to grow and purchase the land needed to build the Coast to Crest Trail, we were… Read More »
In 1997, I recall the atmosphere around the Park was optimistic. In the Park’s rear view mirror were the peaks and valleys associated with forming a new government agency, and the Park was confident with the success of important completed projects like the North Shore Trail I-15 Undercrossing and Highland Valley Trail. I was a… Read More »
The docents and volunteers of Sikes Adobe Historic Farmstead have a varied job which encompasses many different programs and responsibilities. Different tour groups and students of all age groups visit the site every month and their needs vary, educationally and interpretively. Students in the fourth grade who visit the site experience a program which is… Read More »
Is one of your new year’s resolutions to volunteer more? Or maybe get fit by hiking or biking more? The San Dieguito River Park is recruiting long-term volunteers and is holding a training on Saturday, March 31. Long-term volunteers are part of our Dust Devil crew, Trail Patrol Program, or educational programs as a docent.… Read More »
First, from all of us here at the San Dieguito River Park JPA, we wish you all Happy Holidays. Next, getting out from behind the desk as a park director every once in a while is crucial in many ways. The JPA has many complex management and planning responsibilities across a broad area for a… Read More »
Each year, the San Dieguito River Park organizes a trip for our active volunteers to a location or institution that is designed to widen their understanding of natural or cultural resources and in turn make them more well-rounded volunteers in the park. Some twenty volunteers, many of them Dust Devils, were treated to a private,… Read More »
During our annual Volunteer Appreciation Party on May 13, the San Dieguito River Park recognized the following volunteers with sincere appreciation for their outstanding volunteer service. Cindy and Victor Uyeji (nominated by Park Ranger Bryan Ward) Cindy and Victor are regular trail users who became volunteer Dust Devils at the San Dieguito Lagoon early last… Read More »
Guest Blog Post by Samantha Prestrelski and Annabelle Mitchell Non-native species are quickly growing in the San Dieguito River Park, taking away space from which native plants can grow. We are two scouts (pictured above collecting bush sunflower seeds) from Girl Scout Troop 1668 in Carmel Valley who plan to spend this summer and fall… Read More »
