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A Day in the Life of a Field Tech: Eelgrass Monitoring, by Blake Toney

Posted on June 27, 2020 (June 27, 2020)
Posted in Blog Posts, Field UpdatesTagged Blake Toney, double-crested cormorants, eelgrass, field technician, field work, fieldwork, Linda Tanner, Low tide, MBNEP, monitoring, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, mudfat, restoration, scientific monitoring, windy cove

The Perfect Social Distancing Activity: Early Morning Tidepooling for Nudibranchs in San Luis Obispo County

Posted on June 19, 2020 (August 7, 2020)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged nudibranch, Robin Agarwal, sea slug, sea slug of the month, seaslug, tidepool etiquette, tidepool Morro Bay, tidepooling, what to do during quarantine, what to do in morro bay

Director’s Desk: We Are Still Here, Monitoring, Restoring, Educating

Posted on June 12, 2020 (June 12, 2020)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged #twominutebeachclean, beach cleanup, california poppies, citizen science, community science, field work, fieldwork, MBNEP, morro bay, Morro Bay fog, morro bay national estuary program, quarantine, shelter at home, social distancing, two minute beach clean

Paul Bump on Researching Acorn Worms in Morro Bay: The Unknown Lives of the Small and Squishy

Posted on June 5, 2020 (June 5, 2020)
Posted in Blog Posts, Guest post, Wildlife spotlightTagged acorn worm, estuary, Hopkins Marine Station, marine worm, morro bay, morro bay animals, morro bay estuary, morro bay native species, mudflats, Paul Alexander Kai Bump, Paul Bump, research, Schizocardium californicum, worms

Morro Bay Eelgrass Restoration Update: May 2020

Posted on May 29, 2020 (May 29, 2020)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged eelgrass, estuary program, monitoring, morro bay, restoration, Tenera environmental

May is for Bay: victory garden and composting

Posted on May 22, 2020 (May 22, 2020)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged bay, bokashi composting, climate change, composting, environment, estuary, food scraps, green bin, help your environment, morro bay, reduce reuse recycle, sloiwma, victory garden, worm composting

Estuary Program Career Profile: Monitoring Coordinator Makenzie O’Connor

Posted on May 15, 2020 (May 15, 2020)
Posted in Blog Posts

Hike from Home: Shark Inlet Hike

Posted on May 8, 2020
Posted in Blog PostsTagged California poppy, central coast, Hidden hike, hike from home, lupine, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, native flowers, stay home, Stay safe

April Showers Bring May Flowers

Posted on May 1, 2020 (May 15, 2020)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged April showers bring May flowers, black mustard, castor bean, flowers, foothill poppy, monospecific, morro bay, morro bay wildflowers, spring flowers, sticky monkey flower

Photograph Friday: Appreciating Our Corner of the Earth

Posted on April 24, 2020 (April 23, 2020)
Posted in Photograph FridayTagged central coast estuary, Clean Water Act, CWA section 320, earth day, estuary, estuary of national significance, friends of the estuary, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay estuary, national estuary program, Of Marshes and Morros

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