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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

First Flush in the Morro Bay Watershed: What goes down the drain?

Posted on January 29, 2021 (January 28, 2021)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged central coast, clean water, first flush, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay estuary, nitrates, non-point-source pollution, nonpoint source pollution, pollution, runoff, storm water, stormwater, water pollution

San Luis Obispo County’s Stealth Trees—Our Native Conifers

Posted on January 22, 2021 (January 28, 2021)
Posted in Guest post, Native PlantsTagged bishop pine, california conifer, conifer, coulter pine, Cupressus sargentii, fire ecology, fusarium circinatum, gray pine, grey pine, knobcone pine, monterey pine, native conifer, pinus attenuata, pinus coulteri, pinus muricata, pinus radiata, Pinus sabiniana, pitch canker, sargent's cypress, serotinous, trees of san luis obispo county

Western Monarchs Need Our Help: Monarch Migration and Population Decline

Posted on January 15, 2021 (January 22, 2021)
Posted in Blog Posts, citizen science, Thanksgiving, VolunteeringTagged butterfly migration, citizen science, help monarchs, MBNEP, monarch butterflies, monarch butterfly, monarch count, monarch decline, monarch grove, monarch migration, monarch population, morro bay, thanksgiving count, Xerces society

Field Updates December 2020: Eelgrass Monitoring and Volunteer Monitoring Update

Posted on January 8, 2021 (January 5, 2021)
Posted in Field UpdatesTagged bay bacteria, COVID-19, eelgrass, field updates, field work, fieldwork, MBNEP, monitoring, morro bay, morro bay estuary, science, seagrass, volunteer

Western Monarchs Need Our Help: Reasons for Monarch Decline and What You Can Do

Posted on January 1, 2021 (January 12, 2021)
Posted in Blog Posts, citizen science, Thanksgiving, VolunteeringTagged butterfly migration, citizen science, help monarchs, MBNEP, monarch butterflies, monarch butterfly, monarch count, monarch decline, monarch grove, monarch migration, monarch population, morro bay, thanksgiving count, Xerces society

Morro Bay Watershed Native Plant Series: Southern Coastal Scrub

Posted on December 18, 2020 (December 18, 2020)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged black hill, black sage, california sagebrush, coastal scrub, conservation, drought, estuary, morro bay national estuary program, morro bay state park, native plants, plant community, rain, watershed

Help Scientists See the Future: California King Tides Project 2020 to 2021

Posted on December 11, 2020 (December 11, 2020)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged CA King Tides, california king tides, California King Tides Project, citizen science, climate change, coastal flooding, community science, King Tides, morro bay, morro bay estuary, sea level rise

Use Leave No Trace Principles on Your Next Morro Bay Excursion

Posted on December 4, 2020 (December 4, 2020)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged #twominutebeachclean, hike clean, keep it clean, leave no trace, leave no trace principles, LNT principles, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, pack it in, pack it out, zero waste

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