TJ River Team

Tijuana River Valley Recovery Team

A collaboration of more than 30 federal, state, and local agencies organized to implement recovery of the Tijuana River Valley.

Welcome to the Tijuana River Valley Recovery Team Home Page!

Welcome to . . .

TJ RiverTeam .org, the place where local, state, and federal agencies on both sides of the border are coming together to define and implement a new strategy to resolve more than 70 years of degradation to the Tijuana River Valley. The premises of the Recovery Team are simple:

If we can stop new trash and unwanted sediment before it reaches the valley, then we can successfully cleanup the valley.

If we successfully cleanup the valley, then we can successfully restore its hydrology and natural values.

If we can restore its hydrology and natural values, then we can successfully address the remaining water quality issues

What's New . . .

Draft agenda for January 29 Monthly Workshop now online.

First Monthly Workshop of 2010 set for January 29, from 9 am. to noon, at City of San Diego Environmental Services offices at 9601 Ridgehaven Court, San Diego, CA 92123. Please note meeting location change!

Draft agenda for the December 9, 2009, monthly workshop now online.

November 20, 2009 Monthly Workshop moved to Wednesday, December 9, 2009.

Draft agenda for the October 30, 2009 monthly workshop now online.

New UCSD TV production called "Los Laureles Canyon" is now online.

Regional Water Quality Control Board Selects Gibson as its Next Executive Officer
October 22, 2009, San Diego News Room

The quarterly workshops will now be held monthly for three hours instead of two. The next meeting will be October 30,2009.

City begins work on cleaning pilot channel. "Crews Clean Clogged Tijuana River Channels." San Diego Union-Tribune, October 9, 2009.

California Integrated Waste Management Board provides $1.6 million grant to state park to romove and separate tons of debris, tires and trash along the California-Mexico border. September 15, 2009.

River Team Co-Chair John Robertus and the work of the River Team are featured in the San DIego Union-Tribune. October 4, 2009.

The draft agenda for the September 25 2009 Quarterly Workshop is online.

The August 24 2009 River Team Update is now online.

Oscar Romo presentation on Mexican agencies Bi-national Action Team activities, June 29, 2009.

NOTICE: The agenda for the July 31, 2009, Policy Committee meeting has been postponed until the August meeting.

City of San Diego Local Enforcement Agency PowerPoint Presentation on the life cycle of a tire.

Map of historical Tijuana River channels.

River Team PowerPoint Presentation to the Governor's California/Mexico Border Relations Council. (April 14 ,2009)

NOAA Coastal Habitat Grant Application Summary and Narrative. (April 6, 2009)

River Team IBWC PowerPoint Presentation (March 26 ,2009)

RiverTeam Border 2012 PowerPoint Presentation Now Online (March 11, 2009)

San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board approves $700,000 grant application for valley cleanup. (March 11, 2009)

California Integrated Waste Management Board provides $250,000 grant to implement trash nets in Goat Canyon. (January 21, 2009)

.Our Vision:

A Tijuana River Valley free of historical trash and sediment, protected from future deposits of trash and sediment, restored to a sustained physical, chemical and biological integrity, and performing its hydrologic functions, while respecting the rights of current and future landowners and users.

Our Mission:

To bring together the governmental administrative, regulatory, and funding agencies in tandem with advice from the scientific community, the environmental community, and affected stakeholders to protect the Tijuana River Valley from future accumulations of trash and sediment, identify, remove, recycle or dispose of To existing trash and sediment, and restore the Tijuana River floodplain to a balanced wetland ecosystem.