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Morro Bay Estuary Poetry Contest 2021: A National Treasure in Words

Posted on April 16, 2021
Posted in Blog Posts

Field Updates March 2021: Volunteer Monitoring Program Updates and Bioassessment Site Scouting

Posted on April 2, 2021 (April 4, 2021)
Posted in Blog Posts, Field UpdatesTagged bacteria monitoring, bioassessment, COVID-19, eel grass, eelgrass, field work, fieldwork, monitoring, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, precautions, volunteer monitoring, volunteers, water quality

Bioassessment Survey Results 2020: Tracking the Health of Local Creeks

Posted on March 26, 2021
Posted in Field UpdatesTagged bioassessment, creeks, habitat, habitat assessment, habitat survey, healthy habitat, macroinvertebrates, macros, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, wildlife

MORRO BAY WATERSHED NATIVE PLANT SERIES: Coast Live Oak Woodlands

Posted on March 19, 2021 (April 23, 2021)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged botany, california, california live oak, california native plants, central coast, elfin forest, estuary, hiking Morro Bay, live oak, los osos oaks reserve, MBNEP, morro bay, native plant series, native plants

Updates from the Field: Monitoring Eelgrass Expansion

Posted on March 12, 2021 (March 12, 2021)
Posted in Field UpdatesTagged ecological restoration, eel grass, eelgrass, eelgrass decline, eelgrass map, eelgrass restoration, marine ecology, monitoring, morro bay, research, restoration

Field Updates February 2021: Post-Storm Monitoring

Posted on March 5, 2021 (March 5, 2021)
Posted in Field UpdatesTagged Canet road, creek flow, effects of rain, field work, fieldwork, flow monitoring, precipitation, steelhead, storm, storm flow, storm monitoring, storm water

Save Our Bees

Posted on February 26, 2021
Posted in Blog PostsTagged bee decline, bee die off, Bee hive monitoring network, bees, chlorpyriphos, cypermethrin, deltamethrin, fipronil, nicotinoid

Community Scientists Make a Difference for Morro Bay

Posted on February 19, 2021 (February 22, 2021)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged Audubon, citizen science, community science, ecoslo, estuary, hummingbirds, iNaturalist, marine debris, MBNEP, morro bay, noaa, science activities, weather

Morro Bay Watershed Native Plant Series: Maritime and Mixed Chaparral

Posted on February 12, 2021 (April 23, 2021)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged beauty and bounty of Morro Bay, california native plants, estuary, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, native plant series, native plants, plant communities

Field Updates January 2021: Wildlife, Rainfall, and Flow Monitoring

Posted on February 5, 2021 (February 5, 2021)
Posted in Blog Posts, Field UpdatesTagged Canet road, eelgrass, field updates, field work, fieldwork, flow monitoring, lion's mane, monitoring, nudibranch, precipitation, rain, rainfall, rainfall accumulation, research, san diego dorid, sea slug, water quality

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This project has been funded wholly or in part by the United States Environmental Protection Agency under assistance agreement CE-98T25101 to the Bay Foundation of Morro Bay. The contents of this document do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of the Environmental Protection Agency, nor does the EPA endorse trade names or recommend the use of commercial products mentioned in this document.