Stephany Garcia, a research associate at the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, holds an opaleye fish that was caught in a minnow trap on Friday, Oct. 18, 2024 in Imperial Beach, CA.

The Tijuana River Estuary is unique in California as the only estuary that does not have a road, railway crossing, or bridge across the river mouth. The salt-marsh estuary has remained connected ...

The first, Lake Tijuana, showed what the estuary would look like if stronger storms carried enough sediment to block the river mouth, creating a natural reservoir of sorts.

The estuary is just one part of the Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve, which covers 2,800 acres, including Border Field State Park.

Volunteer docent Ron Peterson stands for a portrait at the Tijuana River Estuary in Imperial Beach, California on August 3, 2024. Peterson lost his sight to glaucoma four years ago and has begun ...

The Tijuana River Valley is frequently swamped with sewage-tainted ... The trash boom was installed in 2005 to keep sediment and garbage from filling up and fouling the nearby Tijuana River Estuary.

The Tijuana River sewage crisis is a decades-old problem that’s only gotten worse. Over the last few years, unprecedented flows of untreated wastewater have inundated the Tijuana River estuary ...

A Jan. 18 sample from the Tijuana River measured 7.6 million CFU per 100 per 100 milliliters of water. For context, the South Bay International Wastewater Treatment Plant at the border is supposed to ...

The Tijuana River has been named one of the country’s “most endangered,” according to a report released Tuesday by environmentally-focused nonprofit American ... The Tijuana estuary, ...

SAN DIEGO — The Tijuana River was named to American Rivers 2024 'Top 10 Most Endangered Rivers ... The announcement was made at a news conference at the Tijuana Estuary Visitor Center Amphitheater.

A crew of San Diego State University graduate students and their public health professor are conducting a monthly study of the water in the Tijuana River Estuary.

Tijuana River Estuary . 301 Caspian Way, Imperial Beach, CA 91932 Call 619-575-3613. Get Directions. Visit Website. In 1971, local biologists Joy Zedler and Paul Jorgensen, along with Mike McCoy ...