San Diego Audubon is encouraging residents to turn out and give input on the De Anza Cove Revitalization Plan on Thursday, June 29 from 6 to 8 p.m. at Mission Bay High School, 2475 Grand Ave.
At this meeting, for the first time, the City of San Diego’s De Anza Revitalization Plan Ad-hoc Committee, comprised of local individuals bringing a variety of expertise to guide the planning process, will review the updated restoration options. 
This is the first public meeting since November when the City revealed three draft alternative restoration plans for De Anza Cove. Following that meeting, the city was inundated with public comments asking for more wildlife restoration and resiliency to sea level rise. 
San Diego Audubon says it hopes to see the City focusing on enhancing wetlands and natural habitat in the area to balance the over-saturation of commerce and recreation throughout Mission Bay Park.
 Mission Bay’s wetlands supply habitat for hundreds of local wildlife species, protecting San Diego from climate change impacts such as flooding, as well as improving water quality.  ReWild Mission Bay, a project of San Diego Audubon to enhance and restore up to 170 acres of wetlands in the northeast corner of Mission Bay, overlaps with the De Anza Revitalization Plan. How the City chooses to revitalize the De Anza Cove will directly impact how ReWild is able to restore the sensitive wetlands in the Northeast of Mission Bay. 
For more information, visit backyard.www.rewildmissionbay.org.