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MORRO BAY WATERSHED NATIVE PLANT SERIES: Estuarine and Salt Marsh

A picture from the bridge at our monitoring site on Canet Road, overlooking Chorro Creek. What a difference a week and some good rain storms will do!

Field Updates February 2019: Wet weather, eelgrass restoration, and creek monitoring

Erin Aiello, guest author. Photograph courtesy of Kyle Nessen. Light and soil chemistry study

Factors That Affect Eelgrass Growth in Morro Bay #4: Sediment and Light Part 2

The illustration above shows hands holding sand on the left and clay on the right.

Factors that Affect Eelgrass Growth in Morro Bay #3: Sediment & Light Differences Part 1

Native Plant Series #6: Estuarine and Salt Marsh

Field Updates January 2018

In the photograph above, sediment erodes from a dirt road during a rainstorm. This sediment can enter streams and end up in the bay.

Join the Morro Bay Rain Gauge Network

Marshland in Plaquemines Parish is disappearing quickly as waves and currents wash land away.

From Morro Bay to New Orleans, Estuary Programs Make a Difference

A shady view from Sweet Springs Nature Preserve.

Plant a Tree for the Estuary