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Photograph Friday: The Little Things

Posted on August 24, 2018 (August 28, 2023)
Posted in Blog Posts, Photograph FridayTagged close-up, closeup, estuary, estuary program, exoskeleton, macroinvertebrate, MBNEP, morro bay, photograph friday, pickleweed, stonefly

Upward Bound Students Impress With Estuary Program Projects

Posted on August 17, 2018
Posted in Blog Posts, Education and OutreachTagged cal poly, CalPoly, education, estuary, learn by doing, marine debris, morro bay, outreach, students, trash art, trash sculpture, upward bound

Field Updates July 2018: Reports, Mollusks in Eelgrass, and Fish in the Creeks

Posted on August 4, 2018
Posted in Blog Posts, Field UpdatesTagged cal poly, CalPoly, eelgrass, estuary, fieldwork, MBNEP, morro bay, national estuary program, navanax, sea hare, sea slug, SeaGrant

Morro Bay Wildlife Spotlight: California Sea Lions in the Estuary

Posted on July 27, 2018
Posted in Blog PostsTagged estuary, marine mammal, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, sea lion, seal, wildlife spotlight

Shark Week 2018: Help Scientists Track these Essential Predators

Posted on July 20, 2018 (July 20, 2018)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged estuary program, great white shark, MBNEP, morro bay, shark conservation, shark population, shark recovery, shark week

Photograph Friday: Morro Bay Beneath the Surface

Posted on July 13, 2018
Posted in Blog PostsTagged anemone, california, estuary, field work, fieldwork, jellyfish, leopard shark, morro bay, research, underwater

Field Update June 2018: Eelgrass

Posted on July 6, 2018
Posted in Blog PostsTagged eelgrass, estuary, field updates, MBNEP, monitoring, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, restoration

Independence Day and July 5th Cleanups in Morro Bay

Posted on June 29, 2018
Posted in Blog PostsTagged cleanup, ecoslo, estuary, independence day, july 4, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, volunteer

Native Plant Series #4: Coast Live Oak Woodlands

Posted on June 22, 2018 (June 27, 2018)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged botany, california, central coast, elfin forest, estuary, hiking Morro Bay, live oak, los osos oaks reserve, MBNEP, morro bay

Help Put Morro Bay on the Bioblitz map: Snapshot Cal Coast 2018

Posted on June 15, 2018 (June 15, 2018)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged bio blitz, bioblitz, California Academy of Sciences, California MPAs, estuary, iNaturalist, Marine Protected Area, MBNEP, morro bay, snapshot cal coast

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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.