The San Diego Bird Alliance (formerly San Diego Audubon Society) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a long history of championing the restoration and protection of Mission Bay’s unique ecosystems. Through community-driven stewardship, partnerships with public agencies, and science-informed advocacy, the Alliance works to ensure that Mission Bay’s wetlands, shorelines, and wildlife habitats are healthy, resilient, and accessible for future generations. In Mission Bay Regional Park, the coastal heart of San Diego, the City of San Diego has approved a land use plan for substantial tidal wetland restoration. San Diego Bird Alliance, and many other partners through the 100+ organization ReWild Coalition, helped advocate and support the city in designing and approving this visionary land use plan for our public park. We are continuing to advocate and educate for the project, and through this RFP they will create a project roadmap for the city’s consideration.

As the City of San Diego advances the De Anza Natural planning process, the Bird Alliance and the ReWild Coalition seek to develop a cohesive Roadmap that outlines the technical, regulatory, engagement, and financial steps necessary to successfully achieve long-term wetland restoration, shoreline resilience, public access, and habitat management at the northeast corner of Mission Bay Regional Park.

To support this work, the Bird Alliance is soliciting submissions from qualified engineering, environmental science, or interdisciplinary consulting teams to prepare a De Anza Natural/ReWild Roadmap, with an anticipated budget of $20,000–$30,000.

Specifically, the outcome of this work would identify any issues raised by regulatory agencies, community-prioritized needs, the basis for a wetlands implementation and management plan, and ultimately, a streamlined road to substantial wetland restoration.

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