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Photograph Friday: drought and big storms around the Morro Bay estuary

Posted on August 13, 2021 (August 6, 2021)
Posted in Blog Posts, Photograph FridayTagged 10-year storm, 100-year storm, california, ccer, chorro creek ecological reserve, climate change, drought, flood plain, floodplain, global warming, morro bay, precipitation, rain, rainstorm, riparian, salt marsh, saltmarsh, ten-year storm

Field Updates July 2021: Invasive Sea Lavender Monitoring in the Salt Marsh

Posted on August 6, 2021 (August 6, 2021)
Posted in Blog Posts, Field UpdatesTagged california sea lavender, European sea lavender, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay california, morro bay national estuary program, morrow bay, native plants, non-native plants, nonnative plants, salt marsh, salt marsh bird's beak, saltmarsh, saltmarsh birds beak, sea lavender, The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo

Photograph Friday: Wild Names for Wildlife in Morro Bay

Posted on July 30, 2021 (July 30, 2021)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged California sea cucumber, cool animals morro bay, coyote bush, estuary, flora and fauna, hummingbird sage, local plants, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay california, morro bay national estuary program, morro bay wildlife, native plants, plant names, sea lemon, strawberry anemone, weird animal names, weird plant names, what to see in Morro Bay, wildlife names

Morro Bay Estuary Poetry Contest 2021: Winning Poems

Posted on July 16, 2021
Posted in Blog PostsTagged Adam Miller, Iris Yu, Monica Stillman, morro bay, morro bay estuary, morro bay estuary poetry contest, morro bay national estuary program, morro bay poetry, nature poems, Norma Wightman, poems, poetry, Sally B. Demarest, Shari Crane Fox

Field Updates June 2021: Summer Heat and Low Flow Monitoring

Posted on July 9, 2021
Posted in Blog PostsTagged drought, estuary, field updates, field work, fieldupdates, fieldwork, hot weather, morro bay, morro bay ca, morrobay, morrow bay

Day in the Life of a Marine Chemistry Research Student: Testing Ocean Chemistry in Morro Bay

Posted on June 25, 2021
Posted in Blog PostsTagged alkalinity, cal poly, chemistry, dissolved carbon dioxide, dr. emily bockmon, how salty is ocean water, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, ocean acidification, ocean chemistry, pH of ocean water, student research, water quality

How to Watch Sea Otters in Morro Bay (Without The Sea Otters Watching You!)

Posted on June 18, 2021
Posted in Be Sea Otter Savvy, Guest postTagged ca, friends of the sea otter, Gena Bentall, how to help sea otters, marine mammal, marine mammal protection, morro bay, protect sea otters, sea otter, sea otter savvy, sea otter watching, sea otters in morro bay, seaotter, where do sea otters live?, where to find sea otters, wildlife disturbance

Snapshot Cal Coast 2021: Calling All Community Scientists to Document Morro Bay’s Diversity

Posted on June 11, 2021
Posted in Blog PostsTagged bio blitz, bioblitz, biodiversity, cal coast, calcoast, California Academy of Sciences, estuary program, heron rookery, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay estuary, morro bay mpa, mpa, snapshot calcoast, snapshot calcoast 2021

Field Updates May 2021: Spring Eelgrass Monitoring

Posted on June 4, 2021 (June 4, 2021)
Posted in Field UpdatesTagged california sea hare, eelgrass, field updates, field work, fieldwork, MBNEP, monitoring, morro bay, morro bay estuary, morro bay national estuary program, scientific monitoring, sea hare, transect monitoring, water quality

Photograph Friday: Wildlife in the Morro Bay Estuary Watershed

Posted on May 28, 2021
Posted in Blog PostsTagged California newt, hiking etiquette, leave no trace, northern pacific rattlesnake, trail etiquette, watching wildlife, wildlife, wildlife of Morro Bay, wildlife viewing

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