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Photograph Friday: Baycam Favorites from Summer and Fall 2018

Posted on November 2, 2018 (November 2, 2018)
Posted in Photograph FridayTagged baycam, boats, Dragon Boat Team USA, dragon boat tryouts, estuary, MBNEP, moonset, morro bay, Morro Bay fog, Morro rock, national estuary program, sunrise, sunset, tide, weather, webcam

Native Plant Series #6: Estuarine and Salt Marsh

Posted on October 26, 2018 (October 24, 2018)
Posted in Blog Posts, Native PlantsTagged birds, botany, estuary, mudflat, native plants, pickleweed, salt marsh, sediment, state park marina, suaeda californica, wetland ecology

2018 Volunteers of the Year

Posted on October 19, 2018 (October 22, 2018)
Posted in Blog Posts, VolunteeringTagged eelgrass, estuary, estuary program, los osos, MBNEP, morro bay, volunteer, volunteering, water quality

FIELD UPDATES SEPTEMBER 2018: Fish Surveys, Fish Habitat, and Sharing What We’ve Learned

Posted on October 12, 2018
Posted in Blog Posts, Field UpdatesTagged e-dna, electrofishing, environmental dna, estuary, estuary program, field notes, field updates, field work, fish barrier, fish ladder, fish passage, MBNEP, morro bay, pikeminnow, santa lucia fly fishers Club, steelhead trout, stillwater sciences, volunteers

Rain Comes to Morro Bay at the Start of a New Water Year

Posted on October 5, 2018 (March 7, 2019)
Posted in Blog Posts, citizen scienceTagged estuary, MBNEP, morro bay, national estuary program, precipitation, rain year, rainfall, storm, stormwater, water year

How much do you know about Morro Bay’s sea otters?

Posted on September 28, 2018 (September 29, 2018)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged conservation, endangered species, enhydra lutris, estuary, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, otters, sea otter, sea otter awareness, sea otter babies, sea otter pup, sea otter savvy

Coastal Cleanup Day Volunteers

Posted on September 21, 2018
Posted in Blog Posts, CleanupsTagged california coast, Captain Stew's Bay Cruise, cleanup, community volunteer, ecoslo, estuary, icc, international coastal cleanup day, MBNEP, microtrash, morro bay, national estuary program, plastic waste, snowy plover, trash free seas, volunteer

Native Plant Series #5: Riparian

Posted on September 14, 2018 (September 14, 2018)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged creek, estuary, estuary program, groundwater, los osos, morro bay, native plant, native plants, phreatophytes, riparian, water table, watershed, willow

Field Updates August 2018: Monitoring Eelgrass Restoration Plots in Morro Bay

Posted on September 7, 2018
Posted in Blog Posts, Field UpdatesTagged california, conservation, eelgrass, estuary, field update, field work, fieldwork, MBNEP, morro bay, restoration, seagrass, transplant

Opt Outside this Fall with Hikes Around Morro Bay

Posted on August 31, 2018 (October 31, 2018)
Posted in Blog Posts, RecreationTagged broderson, elfin forest, estuary, hike, hiking, los osos, MBNEP, monarch, monarch grove, morro bay, nature, outdoors, outside, recreation, stress relief, wellness

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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.