Tijuana Estuary (Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve)

EFFECTIVE (December 9, 2020) - Thank you for your patience and continued support of California State Parks as we work to limit your risk for exposure to COVID-19 in the outdoors. Currently, the Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center and Border Field State Park remain temporarily closed. As a reminder, Californians are encouraged to avoid road trips and stay close to home, maintain physical distancing, wear a face covering when a physical distance of six feet from others who are not ...from the immediate household members cannot be maintained, and avoid congregating. Everyone has the responsibility to slow down the spread of COVID-19. Here are some additional guidelines for locals visiting the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research reserve: What is open now? The park is open daily from 7 a.m. to sunset for walking, hiking and biking. The following trails are open: River Mouth Trail, Visitor Center Trail, N. and S. McCoy Trails, and Clapper Rail Trail. What is currently closed? Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center. The parking lot and restrooms adjacent to the Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center. Border Field State Park. Visit the park webpage for details. Statewide, California State Parks continues to work with locals on a phased and regionally-driven approach to increase access to state park units where compliance with state and local public health ordinances can be achieved. Even though the department has increased access across the State Park System, the need for Californians to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the outdoors remains critical. For information on statewide current closures and available services, please visit parks.ca.gov/FlattenTheCurve.

King Tides start TODAY! At 7:25am the tide reaches 7.4 feet. Get out those mobile phones and start snapping the coastline to be part of an important community science project. It's easy and exciting!

See you at noon for our annual King Tide Tour. Find out how you can photograph the King Tides starting on Sunday morning and the Reserve's climate change work.

EFFECTIVE (September 30, 2020) - Thank you for your patience and continued support of California State Parks as we work to limit your risk for exposure to COVID-19 in the outdoors. Currently, the Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center and Border Field State Park remain temporarily closed. As a reminder, Californians are encouraged to avoid road trips and stay close to home, maintain physical distancing, wear a face covering when a physical distance of six feet from others who are no...t from the immediate household members cannot be maintained, and avoid congregating. Everyone has the responsibility to slow down the spread of COVID-19. Here are some additional guidelines for locals visiting the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research reserve: What is open now? The park is open daily from 7 a.m. to sunset for walking, hiking and biking. The following trails are open: River Mouth Trail, Visitor Center Trail, N. and S. McCoy Trails, and Clapper Rail Trail. The parking lot and restrooms adjacent to the Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center are open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. What is currently closed? Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center. Border Field State Park. Visit the park webpage for details. Statewide, California State Parks continues to work with locals on a phased and regionally-driven approach to increase access to state park units where compliance with state and local public health ordinances can be achieved. Even though the department has increased access across the State Park System, the need for Californians to slow the spread of COVID-19 in the outdoors remains critical. For information on statewide current closures and available services, please visit parks.ca.gov/FlattenTheCurve.

We hope you can join Education Coordinator Anne Marie Tipton Friday at noon on this Facebook page for a virtual King Tide Tour to learn more about the highest tides of the year and the Reserve's climate change work.

Due to the critical need to stop the #COVID19 surge, state campground sites in the San Joaquin and So Cal regions, and some in the Bay Area, will temporarily cl...ose. Affected reservation holders will be contacted by ReserveCalifornia via email. Cancellations and refunds will be automatic. Day use areas in park units currently open to the public will remain open. Please remember to stay local, plan ahead to find out what is open, wear a face covering, practice physical distancing and avoid gatherings with people outside the immediate household. Learn more at www.parks.ca.gov/FlattenTheCurve.

Tis' the season for orb-weavers and they're all around. You've either seen them in your garden or out and about. You may have even walked into one of their large and intricate webs. Although they may look spooky, they quite the opposite. Join us for a closer look. Lunchtime Live is a weekly event created as a response to COVID-19 and the closure of the Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center. Log onto our Facebook page and interact with us weekly as we virtually highlight a variety of species and topics. Join us back in the park for in-person programs when we open and it is safe to do so. Tuesdays @ 12PM

The Fall-Winter Migration brings the majority of the 320 migratory bird species who inhabit the Tijuana Estuary to the calm channels of the salt marsh. Many of those species are waterfowl. The ruddy duck is one of the more easily recognized species. Lunchtime Live will explore what makes the ruddy duck one distinct duck. Lunchtime Live is a weekly event created as a response to COVID-19 and the closure of the Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center. Log onto our Facebook page and inte...ract with us weekly as we virtually highlight a variety of species and topics. Join us back in the park for in-person programs when we open and it is safe to do so. Tuesdays @ 12PM https://www.facebook.com/TRNERR/

Lunchtime Live starts in 10 minutes!

Log in for another Lunchtime Live today at noon where we'll be seeking out orb-weavers while it's still the season for it!

Lunchtime Live starts in 15 minutes!

Check out this really fun "Hike and Seek" activity that gets families outdoors in the spirit of Halloween! California State Parks PORTS program and REI have partnered and come up with an alternative to trick or treating has us roaming about looking for "lurking lizards", "cowing crow", and "twisted trees". Visit the website and download the activity to check it out.

Our Exploring Weather and Climate video won the Ctenophore Award for Special Effects in this year's National Estuarine Research Reserve System's 2020 Film Festival!! Watch the entire festival that includes so many great films from all around the NERRS system. Or skip to minute 20:45 for our video. The video was created as part of the California State Parks virtual dual language Junior Ranger Program. Check out the variety of engaging videos and activities for kids 7-12 here: https://sites.google.com/ports-ca//junior-ranger-programs

Shaw's agave can be one showy plant, especially when it sends up its asparagus-like spike and presents an impressive floral display. Join us as we learn more about this coastal succulent. Lunchtime Live is a weekly event created as a response to COVID-19 and the closure of the Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center. Log onto our Facebook page and interact with us weekly as we virtually highlight a variety of species and topics. Join us back in the park for in-person programs when we open and it is safe to do so. Tuesdays @ 12PM

Lunchtime Live starts in 5 mins!

Join us LIVE at noon today for Showing Off Shaw's Agave.

The Reserve's three on-demand California State Parks PORTS program virtual field trips are live with the new and improved booking system! https://www.ports-ca.us/po/tijuana-estuary-natural-preserve Educators can choose from Salt Marsh Secrets (3-5th grade), Can Salt Marshes Help Fight Climate Change (6-8th), and Detecting a Changing Climate (9-12th). All are live and in the marsh. The middle school programs have the added element of including data literacy and the NERRS online SWMP data.

The reserve and much of the watershed is the ancestral land of the First People, the Kumeyaay. On Indigenous People's Day PBSSocal posted this resource of how to honor indigenous peoples with your family today and everyday. To read California Governor's Proclamation on #IndigenousPeoplesDay, visit https://bit.ly/2SL2FiU

Get motivated for tomorrow’s #TRAM2020 Community Cleanup with the NOAA Marine Debris Regional Emmy Award-Winning TRASH TALK video series - https://marinedebris.noaa.gov/discover-issue/trash-talk. https://www.facebook.com/events/335003617722865