A 6-acre wetlands reserve will be restored on the border of Carlsbad and Oceanside, replacing trash and invasive weeds with native plants and a public trail.
Plans are nearly complete for a wetlands reserve restoration that will replace trash and weeds with native plants and a public trail in a highly visible spot at the Carlsbad - Oceanside border. The vacant land along South Coast Highway is opposite the Buena Vista Audubon Society’s Nature Center. The nonprofit purchased 3.5 acres of the roughly 6-acre site in 2016 for $1.55 million raised in donations, nearly a decade after a developer’s proposal to build a multi-story, 82-room hotel there failed.
Much of the site is covered by ice plant and invasive, non-native weeds. It’s also littered with trash, much of it left by people who sometimes camp hidden in the brush. Most of the land is in Oceanside, but a fraction is in Carlsbad and owned by the state Department of Fish and Wildlife. That’s because Carlsbad’s boundary includes all of the more than 200-acre Buena Vista Lagoon, and the state owns the lagoon. “This is a really complicated project,” said Julie Fontaine, an environmental consultant managing the project. “It’s only about six acres, but there are many jurisdictions and agencies involved.” Another complication is the upcoming restoration of the entire lagoon, a separate project led by the San Diego Association of Governments, a regional planning agency. The SANDAG restoration includes the removal of the weir, a low dam at the mouth of the lagoon, that raises the water level to about seven feet above sea level. The weir prevents tidal flows from the ocean and makes Buena Vista the only freshwater lagoon in the county. Final environmental documents have been approved for the overall lagoon restoration. Design and engineering plans are being completed, but so far there’s no money for construction
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