Membership

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American Widgeon (Photo: John Walker)

Becoming a member is easy - and rewarding. You can choose from several membership levels, with different levels of benefits. All levels ensure the Conservancy's ability to preserve, protect and enhance the San Elijo Ecological Reserve and its watershed.

Member benefits

At the $50 level, you receive our quarterly newsletter featuring construction progress at the new nature center, upcoming special events, regular docent led walks, and scientific research projects in the reserve.

At the $100 level,you receive our newsletter, the latest in our series of trail maps - the Santa Carina Trail Guide - and emails of our monthly bird surveys, wild animal sightings, and links to news articles featuring the reserve.

At the $250 level,you receive our newsletter, monthly emailed updates, and, new this year, exclusive lagoon tours led by field specialists in birding, botany, geology and archaeology. If you missed our lagoon lecture series last year at MiraCosta, this is an opportunity to learn about the reserve from some of the same experts.

At the $500 level, you receive all of the above, along with a copy of “Walk Along the Ocean: A Guide to the Seashore in North San Diego County” by Wolf Berger, Ph.D., of Scripps Institute of Oceanography and a San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy Pioneer Protector along with a special invitation for a personal walk (or run) in the reserve with Conservancy Executive Director Doug Gibson.

At the $1,000 level, or more, you receive all of the above, an invitation to our catered major donor reception and be eligible to join our San Elijo Lagoon Conservancy President’s Council. President’s Council members and Legacy Circle donors enjoy personalized tours of the reserve for themselves and their families, a custom designed native floral arrangement for home or office, special recognition at all Conservancy events, and the opportunity to win a fire house dinner for six at the Encinitas Fire Station.

Song Sparrow (Photo: Herbert Knufken)