Kiosk Restoration Project
Marilyn Teague, Project Coordinator
We’re pleased to announce that the Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve kiosk restoration project is moving forward and we’re asking for your help with kiosk repairs and funding for materials. The pandemic has brought additional visitors to our San Diego open space preserves (and to most natural areas nationally), some of them uninformed or indifferent to the impacts they are creating. The Friends of Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve and Los Peñasquitos Canyon Preserve Citizen Advisory Committee recognize the importance of trailhead kiosks as a key component in educating visitors and communicating safety and conservation messages. It’s more important than ever that Preserve visitors be educated and trailhead kiosks are restored to communicate critical trail etiquette expectations.
The kiosk restoration and visitor education project will address this need, and a project plan has been approved. Volunteers will work with park rangers to inventory the condition of the kiosks, make repairs, replace postings and signs, and establish a routine kiosk inspection and maintenance schedule. Kiosk inspections will take place in January and workdays will be scheduled soon thereafter to make repairs to the kiosks.
Watch for postings from the Friends and our local rangers for how to sign-up as volunteers for the kiosk restoration. Individuals or groups will also be invited to “adopt a kiosk” and conduct monthly inspections, replace missing signage, and pass on concerns to the ranger staff. Let us know if you’re interested in supporting the kiosk repairs and/or adopting a kiosk using the following form: https://forms.gle/EMBzZE1oqr9ZF6F7A .
The kiosk project has also been included in the Friends of Peñasquitos 2022 funding campaign. Your contributions will go toward materials (lumber, fasteners, etc.) required to restore the kiosks.
We look forward to working with you to refurbish and maintain our trailhead kiosks and to educate users about how to “leave no trace” as they enjoy the canyon.
