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Morro Bay Watershed Native Plant Series: Pioneer Sand Dunes and Foredunes

Posted on November 13, 2020 (May 22, 2021)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged dunes, education, estuary, local plants, MBNEP, native plants, plant community, plant diversity, plants, sandspit, stewardship, watershed

Tarantula Math: Where folklore meets meteorology

Posted on November 6, 2020 (November 13, 2020)
Posted in Guest post, Wildlife spotlightTagged Cuesta college biology, desert tarantula, first rain, makenzie o'connor, MBNEP, morro bay national estuary program, Ron Ruppert, tarantula, tarantula math, tarantula mating, tarantulas come before rain, tarantulas predict rain

Morro Bay Wildlife Spotlight: Brown Bears and Black Bears

Posted on October 30, 2020
Posted in Wildlife spotlightTagged apex predator, black bear, brown bear, california state flag, grizzly, kodiak bear, los osos, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, portola

Morro Bay Watershed Native Plant Series: Introduction

Posted on October 16, 2020 (October 16, 2020)
Posted in Blog Posts, Native PlantsTagged conservation, education, endemic, estuary, estuary program, local plants, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, native plants, Native Plants Series, plant community, plant diversity, stewardship, watershed

Have a Happy, Bay-Friendly, Halloween 2020!

Posted on October 9, 2020 (October 9, 2020)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged celebrate, celebration, costume constest Morro Bay, glitter, Halloween, international coastal cleanup, MBNEP, microplastics, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, safe celebration, social distanced celebration, socially distant

Continuous Water Temperature Monitoring in Our Creeks

Posted on October 2, 2020 (October 2, 2020)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged chorro creek, continuous data logger, creek health, hobo, monitoring, Pennington Creek, steelhead, temperature monitor, tidbit, water quality, water temperature, wildlife in creeks

PHOTO CONTEST WINNERS: SHARE THE BEAUTY AND BOUNTY OF MORRO BAY

Posted on September 25, 2020
Posted in Blog PostsTagged beauty and bounty of Morro Bay, central coast photography, estuary, Glenn fuss, mary l watt, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, nature photography, photo contest, photographers, robert zwissler, tony salome

Sea Slugs on the Move: Bent on World Domination, or Opportunistic Travel Bums?

Posted on September 19, 2020 (September 21, 2020)
Posted in Blog Posts, Sea Slug of the Month, Wildlife spotlightTagged climate change, global warming, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay national estuary, morro bay native species, native species, nonnative species, nudibranch, nudibranchs, Robin Agarwal, sea slug, seaslug, species displacement, species migration

International Coastal Cleanup Day Gets Social-Distancing Friendly

Posted on September 12, 2020
Posted in Blog PostsTagged 2 minute beach clean, beach cleanup, creeks to coast, creeks to coast cleanup 2020, ecoslo, international coastal cleanup, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, pack it in, pack it out, tiny trash

Photo Contest: Share the Beauty and Bounty of Morro Bay

Posted on August 28, 2020 (September 18, 2020)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged morro bay, morro bay estuary, photo contest, photography contest

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