Active and upcoming restoration and fire-resilience work in 32nd Street Canyon.
Projects
Swapping Fire Fuel for Habitat
A Guided Approach to Fuel Management for San Diego Canyons
The 32nd Street Canyon Task Force, in partnership with San Diego Coastkeeper and with technical support from the federal Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program, is launching a five-year fire-fuel reduction and habitat restoration pilot in the Chollas Creek Watershed.
Invasive nonnative plants are fueling fire risk and crowding out native habitat throughout San Diego's canyons. This project will remove invasive trees and weeds, revegetate brush-management zones with fire-resistant native species, and document costs and results so the approach can be replicated in other canyons across the region.
The work builds on more than two decades of restoration in 32nd Street Canyon — one of the only canyons in San Diego to show an increase in chaparral-requiring bird species since the 1980s, and home to species including the endangered California Gnatcatcher.