THE WOMEN’S HOUR with Patricia Law Wed 5pm
LOVE YOUR CANYON NEIGHBORHOODS
with Guest Eric Bowlby
Eric Bowlby moved to San Diego in 1976. He served as Executive Chair of the SD Sierra Club from 1999 to 2000 until hired to run Sierra Club’s Canyons Campaign. In 8 years, Bowlby established over 45 neighborhood-based stewardship or “canyon friends” groups.
San Diego Canyonlands____
In 2008, Bowlby became the founding Executive Director of “San Diego Canyonlands” dedicated to canyons conservation. Canyonlands has grown to twenty-five staff and has restored dozens of urban canyons. Bowlby led the public process to dedicate 13,200 acres of City-owned open space for permanent parkland. Under his leadership, San Diego Canyonlands envisioned and built an award-winning trail system, linking five canyons and Chollas Creek within the underserved community of City Heights. Bowlby served for ten years on the City Wetlands Advisory Board and twenty years on the City’s Canyons Advisory Committee.
Patricia and Eric are in conversation about the richness San Diego enjoys because of its urban canyons, a unique feature of San Diego. The canyonlands share a wealth of native plants and wildlife habitat providing extra (and free) enjoyment to local residents with a biodiversity rarely found in other large cities. They also point out how the neighborhood canyonlands help the environment as well as provide a place for exploration, hiking and enjoyment away from our everyday lives.
Eric and The Canyolanders:
