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Morro Bay Wildlife Spotlight: Pyrosoma atlanticum

Posted on September 18, 2021
Posted in Blog PostsTagged beach combing morro bay, california, central coast california, fire body, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, morro bay tunicate, pyrosma atlanticum, pyrosoma, tunicate, tunicate morro bay

Updates from the Field, August 2021: Red tides, Wildlife, and Volunteering

Posted on September 10, 2021 (September 10, 2021)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged a. sanguinea, algae, morro bay, phytoplankton, red tide, toxic algae, toxic algal bloom, what is a red tide?, why is the water red?

Meet the SLO Steelhead Initiative Watershed Stewards Program Corps Members

Posted on September 3, 2021
Posted in Guest postTagged california conservation corps, CCC, SLO SI, SLO Steelhead Initiative, SLOSI, Steelhead Initiative, Watershed Stewards Program, wsp

Creeks to Coast Cleanup helps Morro Bay and Beyond

Posted on August 27, 2021
Posted in Blog PostsTagged central coast cleanup, Coastal Cleanup Day, creeks to coast, ecoslo, international coastal cleanup, los osos, morro bay, morro bay watershed, watershed, what is a watershed

Photograph Friday: drought and big storms around the Morro Bay estuary

Posted on August 13, 2021 (August 6, 2021)
Posted in Blog Posts, Photograph FridayTagged 10-year storm, 100-year storm, california, ccer, chorro creek ecological reserve, climate change, drought, flood plain, floodplain, global warming, morro bay, precipitation, rain, rainstorm, riparian, salt marsh, saltmarsh, ten-year storm

Field Updates July 2021: Invasive Sea Lavender Monitoring in the Salt Marsh

Posted on August 6, 2021 (August 6, 2021)
Posted in Blog Posts, Field UpdatesTagged california sea lavender, European sea lavender, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay california, morro bay national estuary program, morrow bay, native plants, non-native plants, nonnative plants, salt marsh, salt marsh bird's beak, saltmarsh, saltmarsh birds beak, sea lavender, The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo

Photograph Friday: Wild Names for Wildlife in Morro Bay

Posted on July 30, 2021 (July 30, 2021)
Posted in Blog PostsTagged California sea cucumber, cool animals morro bay, coyote bush, estuary, flora and fauna, hummingbird sage, local plants, MBNEP, morro bay, morro bay california, morro bay national estuary program, morro bay wildlife, native plants, plant names, sea lemon, strawberry anemone, weird animal names, weird plant names, what to see in Morro Bay, wildlife names

Morro Bay Estuary Poetry Contest 2021: Winning Poems

Posted on July 16, 2021
Posted in Blog PostsTagged Adam Miller, Iris Yu, Monica Stillman, morro bay, morro bay estuary, morro bay estuary poetry contest, morro bay national estuary program, morro bay poetry, nature poems, Norma Wightman, poems, poetry, Sally B. Demarest, Shari Crane Fox

Field Updates June 2021: Summer Heat and Low Flow Monitoring

Posted on July 9, 2021
Posted in Blog PostsTagged drought, estuary, field updates, field work, fieldupdates, fieldwork, hot weather, morro bay, morro bay ca, morrobay, morrow bay

Day in the Life of a Marine Chemistry Research Student: Testing Ocean Chemistry in Morro Bay

Posted on June 25, 2021
Posted in Blog PostsTagged alkalinity, cal poly, chemistry, dissolved carbon dioxide, dr. emily bockmon, how salty is ocean water, morro bay, morro bay national estuary program, ocean acidification, ocean chemistry, pH of ocean water, student research, water quality

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