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Working to connect trails in the coastal San Diego wetlands, we help people experience nature and inspire a love for protecting the land. The Nature Collective (formerly the San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy) is a group of scientists + nature enthusiasts who want future generations to appreciate – and preserve – the living world.
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The newest open space for public enjoyment in coastal North County will be dedicated in a private donor sunset ceremony on Saturday, February 22, 2020. Harbaugh Seaside Trails is the three-acre coastal overlook, designated permanent open space for all, linking Cardiff-by-the-Sea and Solana Beach along historic Coast Highway 101.
Please see approved photo section below for downloadable images.
North County San Diego residents and officials today celebrated the opening of the Cardiff State Beach Living Shoreline project. The half-mile coastal area located at Cardiff State Beach was created to add a ‘living shoreline’ sand dune system to protect Coast Highway 101 from ocean surges.
Please see approved photo section below for downloadable images.
A view of the Lagoon and Pacific Ocean from the site of Harbaugh Seaside Trails, expected to open in early 2020.
City of Encinitas Mayor Catherine Blakespear awards the Encinitas Excellence in Environmental Stewardship Award to Doug Gibson, San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy Executive Director and Principal Scientist on October 7, 2018 at the annual Surfing Madonna Beach Run. Photo by Jim Wang
You are free to use these photos with permission as long as you include the photographer’s credit and send an email with the link to where they are being used to [email protected].
Inside the donor monument + Harbaugh Seaside Trails
Photo by Nature Collective
Donor Monument Sunset View, designed and photographed by public artist Betsy K. Schulz
L-R: Doug Gibson, Nature Collective Director; Jewel Edson, City of Solana Beach Mayor; Joe Balla, The Harbaugh Foundation Director; and Doug Gillingham, Immediate Past President of Nature Collective – Ribbon Cutting at Sunset February 22, 2020
Photo by Nature Collective, courtesy Jewel Edson
Visitors tour the wave-shaped trail at Harbaugh Seaside Trails
Photo by Nature Collective
Please direct all media inquiries to Doug or Jennifer:
Executive Director | Principal Scientist
858.704.4552
Development + Communications Director
858.704.4560
