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Bilingual Coloring and Activity Books Bring Marine Protected Areas to Life with Augmented Reality

Posted on March 11, 2022 (March 11, 2022)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged 3d drawing, augmented reality, collaboration, coloring book, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, mpa, mpa collaborative, quiver, quiver app, slo mpa collaborative, wildlife

Field Updates February 2022: An Update on Estuary Health

Posted on March 4, 2022 (March 4, 2022)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged bacteria, bacteria levels, bay bacteria, dawn patrol, dissolved oxygen, DO, enterococcus, monitor, monitoring, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, water quality

Photograph Friday: Three reasons to love Morro Bay and all our estuaries

Posted on February 18, 2022 (February 19, 2022)
Posted in Blog Posts, Photograph FridayTagged #iheartestuaries, commercial fish in estuaries, estuary fishing, Estuarylove, fish in morro bay, is morro bay clean, Love Morro Bay, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, oyster farming, Photograph fridays, water quality

Field Updates January 2022: Understanding Continuous Water Quality Data

Posted on February 11, 2022 (February 11, 2022)
Posted in Field UpdatesTagged continuous monitoring, field updates, field work, fieldwork, grab monitoring, how clean is morro bay water, MBNEP, morro bay california, morro bay estuary, morro bay national estuary program, sonde, staff gauge, stage height, water depth, water quality, water quality monitoring, water quality parameters

CHORRO CREEK ECOLOGICAL RESERVE: FLOODPLAIN RESTORATION PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

Posted on January 21, 2022
Posted in Blog PostsTagged california conservation corps, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, CCC, CDFW, chorro creek, chorro creek ecological reserve, dewatering, Environmental Science Associates, floodplain, floodplain restoration, morro bay, State Coastal Conservancy, steelhead, steelhead habitat, steelhead trout, willow baffles

Field Updates December 2021: Water Quality Monitoring and Local Steelhead Populations

Posted on January 14, 2022 (January 12, 2022)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged anadromous fish, estuary program, field updates, field work, fieldwork, MBNEP, monitoring, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, morro bay watershed, Oncorhynchus mykiss, pikeminnow, steelhead, steelhead trout, water quality

Happy New Year: Your Top Blog Posts of 2021

Posted on January 7, 2022 (December 24, 2021)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged eelgrass, Gena Bentall, monarch butterflies, morro bay, morro bay estuary, nudibranchs, Robin Agarwal, sea lions in Morro Bay, sea otters, sea slugs, top blog posts 2019, wet weather, wildlife, wildlife spotlight

California King Tides Project: Photograph the Future January 1–3, 2022

Posted on December 30, 2021 (December 30, 2021)
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

2021 Morro Bay National Estuary Program Volunteer Recognition

Posted on December 17, 2021
Posted in VolunteeringTagged central coast, dawn patrol, eelgrass, MBNEP, monitoring, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, Multi-Agency Rocky Intertidal Network (MARINe), ReefCheck, volunteer, volunteer of the year, volunteering

EELGRASS HABITAT REBOUNDING IN MORRO BAY ESTUARY

Posted on December 10, 2021 (December 10, 2021)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged eel grass, eelgrass, eelgrass decline, eelgrass habitat, eelgrass mapping, eelgrass rebound, eelgrass recovery, estuarine science, monitoring, morro bay national estuary program, restoration, seagrass

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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.